Thank you, Richard, Alan, Angelica, and Joel! All of your advice is greatly appreciated!
Melissa Melissa Dawn Assistant Registrar Division of the Humanities Museum of the Rockies melissa.d...@montana.edu 406.994.2242 600 West Kagy Blvd. Bozeman, MT 59717 ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Voron, Joel <jvo...@cwf.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:21 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [PestList] ants in collections area Gotcha, If you can get these they work well for the listed species. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FTERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits%2Fdp%2FB00E4GACB8%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fcrid%3D2A59DA8JPZZZ0%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dterro%2Bant%2Bbait%26qid%3D1622564252%26sprefix%3Dterro%2Bant%252Caps%252C155%26sr%3D8-2&data=04%7C01%7Cmelissa.dawn%40montana.edu%7C4b76e5ff76a549551c0d08d925194aae%7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113%7C0%7C0%7C637581613680621019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ec%2FLyL3%2Fo9I9pbC%2BNYPjOaex6B2uHXy3QDf%2BbX%2B82AY%3D&reserved=0 Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org ________________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Angelica Isa-Adaniya <a.isa14...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:18 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PestList] ants in collections area [CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Foundation. Do not click links, open attachments or take action unless you know the contents are safe] Thank you, Alan! I will evaluate this for use at home, as I luckily don't have ant issues at work. Might not do it as my ants do walk around ALL over my kitchen a LOT and I might have concerns about long-term accumulations if they carry it all over the place over time... And thank you, Joel, for pointing out the standards compliance bit. We probably don't have that legally enforced in Peru but I will keep it in mind from now on! Thanks everyone for the always useful exchanges on the pest list. Best, Angelica On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 10:58, Alan P Van Dyke <apvand...@utexas.edu<mailto:apvand...@utexas.edu>> wrote: Ingestion can be a concern, but I think only in quantities far greater than the few drops in the tray. Of course, pregnant women should always practice more caution around any sort of chemical. The pest control tech who told me about the homemade traps uses the same traps in restaurant kitchens. Alan Alan Van Dyke Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. 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I believe these are mostly in the case of ingestion as the MSDS is not 100% clear on that, but I worry since ants do walk around all over the place and especially around areas where we store food. Is this something to be worried about? Best, Angelica On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 09:23, Alan P Van Dyke <apvand...@utexas.edu<mailto:apvand...@utexas.edu>> wrote: We used a homemade solution of boric acid and corn syrup. It worked like a charm, and you know exactly what's in it. 5 milliliters or one teaspoon of boric acid to 60 milliliters or a quarter cup of corn syrup, mix well, place a few drops on wax paper or a little tray near the ant trail but away from human feet. You can store what you don't use in a sealed jar and replenish the bait daily. Discard after a couple of weeks. It's safe around people and larger animals, and unless you smear it on something it won't affect your collection materials. I also would not bother with exterior spraying just for ants (though it really shouldn't affect your collections unless an air intake was sprayed). The only way to get rid of ants is to get the pesticide into the colony, and the only way to do that successfully is to get the ants to carry it in. The corn syrup/boric acid trick works well because the ants carry it back into the colony where it is fed to all the other ants. A pest control tech taught me this and it has been successful for me. Alan Alan Van Dyke Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. 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The best IPM solution is clearly to request this crack be sealed, but until this repair can be made, is it a danger to the collection to place ant bait traps inside the collections area beside this door? (The artifacts stored in this area are primarily furniture, vehicles, and equipment.) If traps are not harmful, what type of a trap would be best, and what type should be avoided? Also, would it endanger the collection if facilities sprayed for ants on the exterior of the building? We could buy a recommended product, but these are the traps our janitorial staff currently have available for non-collections areas: 1) Terro Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with 5.4% Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate aka Borax) and 2) Raid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with .01% Avermectin B1). 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