Thank you both for your replies. Fascinating. I'm looking forward to reading more from the sources you provided.
In our storage spaces we have to be careful with light traps, as not everything is housed behind completely opaque protection. Will be looking into it more. Best, Julie On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:16:56 PM UTC-8 in...@holzwurmfluesterer.de wrote: > Julie, > > > > we are using and recommend more and more the green light traps for museums > and storages about 3 years here in Germany and Austria. > > I also heard about the reports from some museums in France, using green > lights from INSECTRON. This high quality traps are sometimes quite > expensive https://deffner-johann.de/en/insectron-insect-trap-200-mw.html > > I think there was also a talk at the IPM conference in Paris 2016 with > specific light traps for monitoring insect pests (see Mathieu Sachoux). > > > > *Without* UV-A-radiation you could use commercial “green light tubes” to > attract insects with less effectiveness than traditional UV-lights. In some > German churches we are testing green light for the common furniture beetle > and we have good experiences > > by catching powderpost-beetles inside storage rooms with this new > alternative light trap. An overview of different light traps with UV-light, > green-light, normal light or new LED-light you could find at our website > https://museumsschaedlinge.de/lichtfallen/ > > > > Best, > > Stephan > > > > Consultant Expert for IPM > > Germany > > www.museumsschaedlinge.de > > > > > > *Von:* pest...@googlegroups.com <pest...@googlegroups.com> *Im Auftrag > von *jmci...@famsf.org > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 20:30 > *An:* MuseumPests <pest...@googlegroups.com> > *Betreff:* [PestList] Green Light Pest Trap? > > > > Hello, Pestlist > > > > I am curious about the green light traps that are mentioned in this > article describing the Louvre's new storage facility. The article doesn't > go into much detail, but does say that the "Green lighting fixtures trap > and kill bugs like the common furniture beetle.". > > > > Is anyone familiar with this green light, and in what ways (if any) is it > different than your standard UV light trap? > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/arts/design/louvre-lievin-conservation-center.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage > > > > Best, > > > > Julie McInnis > > Collection Care Specialist > > Fine Arts Museums San Francisco > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+u...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/7b2a5eba-3b5a-4d71-b63d-b215c856c786n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/7b2a5eba-3b5a-4d71-b63d-b215c856c786n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/4b253bbd-b313-4884-af19-535b22a5b166n%40googlegroups.com.
