Thank you, Thomas. It seems they will be using it in our little garden patch area where we have the prehispanic vegetables.
Best, Angélica On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 18:45, 'Thomas Parker' via MuseumPests < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The spores of this bacterium must be eaten by a larva. Spraying walls is a > waste of time and money. It’s primarily used for ground dwelling beetle > larvae, such as Japanese beetle grubs. > > On Sep 27, 2021, at 7:28 PM, Angelica Isa-Adaniya <a.isa14...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear pest list, > > I recently asked for a list of the fumigants that are intended for use at > the museum soon, and one of them said *"Cry" proteins / endotoxins* and > in the description it said something like (I translate roughly from > Spanish): *Spores and endogenous toxins of transconjugated Bacillus > thuriengiensis. Varieties: tenebrionis, aisawai, kurstaki and israelensis. * > > I did a quick Google search and it seems to be used by organic farmers for > specific caterpillars and flies, but I was wondering if any of you have > experience with this in a museum context? I expect they'll just be spraying > the wall edges or something like that. Is it worth letting them just use it > or is there any particular reason why it might be a good idea if we didn't? > > Thank you from Lima, Peru! > > -- > *Angélica Isa-Adaniya* | Conservator > *Email* | a.isa14...@gmail.com <a.isa...@gmail.com> > Feel free to connect with me on my Website <http://angelicaisa.com/> | > Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelicaisaadaniya/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/ConservaLlama> | Altminster <http://altminster.com/> > > -- > 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/CAAJvYjU%3D9vhb_yN1e6HG3me1D-WQ4ZQ%2BYsnqrOu924WGiyvNww%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjU%3D9vhb_yN1e6HG3me1D-WQ4ZQ%2BYsnqrOu924WGiyvNww%40mail.gmail.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/54020CBE-9107-4554-B0AC-FF3E0EC85439%40aol.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/54020CBE-9107-4554-B0AC-FF3E0EC85439%40aol.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/CAAJvYjW0DUhKu91WaGGQ7A23coNZYJNDJkjtbPa7h%2BCmaDVVaA%40mail.gmail.com.
