Hello all, I recently checked and replaced the pest strips throughout my collection which houses birds and mammals skins and skeletons. On four out of 40 of my pest strips I found dermestid larvae (1-3) and three adults- one on a seperate strip on its own and the other 2 were on a strip with larvae. The adults were two different species- Dermestes lardarius and Anthrenus verbasci.
We do not use any napthalene in the collection and I have checked inside the cabinets for any evidence of infestation or snacking and found nothing. There were also many many spiders on the strips as well. I increased the number of pest strips and put some insdie the cabinets close to the guilty ones. Will you advise if there is any aditional action you think I should take to protect the colection? It's not a small collection- we have 58 basic museum cabinets and 20 tall, two door cases. Thank you in advance! Anna -- Anna E. Goldman, PhD *(she/ her)* Wildlife Museum Curator Marine Wildlife Care Coordinator Department of Wildlife California Polytechnic University Arcata, California 95521 USA (707) 826-4034 -- 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/CADkLfmXqnBkfNqCfLRz3Wv8kiGnv3yqRakfwyT5AA9vXEXHX9w%40mail.gmail.com.
