Hi All, We recently were gifted some furniture for our exhibition spaces, and it has come to our attention that they are infested with clothes webbing moths.
We hired a pest inspection company to assist in treating the pieces of furniture which included making an enclosure for quarantine and using DDVP Nuvan strips as well as pyrethrum spray to treat the infestation. I am not keen on using pyrethrum on museum objects whatsoever, but I am curious if any of you have used DDVP on collection items? The research I have started seems mixed with a more than high potential for degrading multiple types of materials in collection items during long term use. I am uncertain if this is for the use of fogging with DDVP or the vapor emitted when using the impregnated strips that Nuvan sells. We are overhauling our IPM protocols as we have not had any major infestations in the past 15-20 years, which is great, but playing catchup makes me wonder what other institutions use when Anoxia chambers or freezers aren't readily available to quarantine items. We have blunder traps and moth traps set up and plenty to turn over when the time comes to do so. For clarification we are in the Northeastern part of the United States. Best regards, Chris Chris Cox Collection Manager [A black background with a black square AI-generated content may be incorrect.] 600 Main Street Hartford, Connecticut 06103 860-838-4087 TheWadsworth.org<https://www.thewadsworth.org/> -- This PestList and the MuseumPests.com web site are made possible due to the talent, intelligence, devotion and donations of hundreds of volunteers. Your donation to help this resource continue would be greatly appreciated. Please consider a donation donating at https://givebutter.com/MuseumPests To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CH3PR12MB934122411C8DC772927B36CE99C02%40CH3PR12MB9341.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
