Re: [PestList] Re: Crushed dreams of a world free of MWD*s

['Thomas Parker' via MuseumPests]

You may want to contact Insects Limited in the Indianapolis area. They have a long history of providing pheromone research and traps for all sorts of insect pests, including various museum pests.  Tom Parker  On Apr 26, 2023, at 4:04 PM, JC Reardon <j...@saintonge.org> wrote:  Hi Joel,   The two closest traps were adhesive board multi-pheromone Cloth Moth Traps from MothPrevention out of the UK.  Been using them for several years and always caught something.  Date on the packaging is 06/25, set them out March 18, and yes, they are still very, very sticky.    One is now in close(r) quarters with patient zero in the isolation bathtub, and I put out fresh ones in the storage area.   No takers yet.    We might have another brand in one of the other storage areas but I don’t dare check until I have a change of clothes.   -JC   From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Voron, Joel <jvo...@cwf.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:26:43 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Re: Crushed dreams of a world free of MWD*s   Question #1 what type of traps? Joel Voron   Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   Conservation Dept.      Integrated Pest Management Specialist       Office 757-220-7080         Cell 757-634-1175           E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org ________________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of JC Reardon <j...@saintonge.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:00 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Crushed dreams of a world free of MWD*s [CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Foundation. Do not click links, open attachments or take action unless you know the contents are safe] It seemed too good to be true.  It's warming up, the humidity is way up: moth prime time here in New England. Yet not a sign of moths in the most valuable wool storage area in the building, clean traps high and low.  Our isolation efforts must finally be paying off! I was actually excited, could I for once focus on actual repairs instead of mitigation? A quarterly airing-out without caution tape and quarantine zones? But wait, what's this suspicious lint drifting to the floor?  That's odd... hang on... <insert jarring horror movie music here> SOOOO, how's everyone else's day going?  Mine is going... actually, it's not going at all, mine has just screeched to a halt. Put bluntly, I'm not a happy camper in more ways than one.  Not sure if I want to scream, tear my hair out, burn the place down, or hide in the janitor's closet with a bucket on my head. I suspect I've just learned a valuable lesson -don't trust the traps - the hard way, and I'm hoping the damage is limited to my crushed spirit and already overburdened workload, and that the collateral damage to textiles is limited in extent. But now that my faith in the universe of IPM as I know it has been shattered, I've got questions: Question 1: What went wrong here?  What could be the reason behind multiple empty traps adjacent to obviously active infestations? Fresh, opened just over a month ago, placed both high and low, minimal light, practically zero air flow, and one was literally a handspan away from the red item pictured. Question 2: What would you have done/do to avoid it happening again?  Where do you draw the line when it comes to "trust but verify" and indicator traps?  How often does this sort of thing happen? Question 3: How long has it been going on?  At what point should we have caught this / was it just the traps that missed it? What size does a population have to reach before traps will reliably indicate?  What's the worst case (for us) scenario/time-frame for reaching that point, under ideal (for them) conditions? Apologies for the slew of questions; while I'd like to claim it's out of a pursuit of understanding and a dedication to conservation, I will admit the length of this email is directly related to just how much I don't want to go deal with this.  (Again.) Your time and any knowledge or wisdom you care to share will be greatly appreciated! Best Regards, JC Reardon *MWDs = Moths of Wool Destruction. -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR16MB278319B77F57A4424ED83F02C5659%40MN2PR16MB2783.namprd16.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR16MB278319B77F57A4424ED83F02C5659%40MN2PR16MB2783.namprd16.prod.outlook.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. 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