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HI Tom, I received the images attached to the original inquiry/post: maybe AOL did something with the pictures. Lou > > Elisabeth - > > Apparently some of the members of the pest list had photos of the > critters. I never received them. Birds nests often have Anthrenus in > them, feeding on the feathers. I'd get rid of them. > > Some others have said you also have a wood-boring beetle. Would love to > see the photos. > > Tom Parker > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: E. Abgottspon <e.abgotts...@ortsmuseum-kuesnacht.ch> > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 9:49 am > Subject: AW: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... > > > > Dear Thomas > > Thank you very much for your fast answer! > > As I received a quite similar answer, I checked again the exhibition⦠> and we also have 4 birdâs nests. Iâm just wondering how it comes that > there are so many beetles just because of probably two birdâs nests??? > > Will the bugs be a risk for the objects in our next exhibition or can I > solve the problem in removing the nests? > > And it also seems that I have two different problems (bugs and worms). But > are the worms in the wood in this case less âdangerousâ for the room > and the objects? > > I called now a firm which is specialised in eliminating pest problems⦠> > But Iâm glad to have some help from museum-experts as well!! > > Thank you again and best regards from Switzerland > Elisabeth Abgottspon > > > > > > > > > Von: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net > [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] Im Auftrag von bugma...@aol.com > Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010 14:09 > An: pestlist@museumpests.net > Betreff: Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... > > > > Elisabeth - > > > > If they are indeed Anthrenus verbasci, they are NOT coming from the wood. > They most likely are coming from the dead birds. Anthrenus larvae eat > protein, i.e. the dead bird feathers, skins, and entrails. The adult > beetles are attracted to light, hence they end up on the window sills and > in the light fixtures. Remove the dead birds. > > > > Thomas A. Parker, PhD > > President, Entomologist > > Pest Control Services, Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: E. Abgottspon <e.abgotts...@ortsmuseum-kuesnacht.ch> > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 4:40 am > Subject: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... > > > Dear members of the pestlist > > > > Iâm the âcuratorâ of a little a Museum in Switzerland, but not > knowing much about pests. It would be great if you can help me concerning > a bug-problem. > > > > At the moment, we show an exhibition about different âphenomenasâ in > the near nature environment of the museum (Kuesnacht, Switzerland). > > > > As the subject is ânatureâ, our designers decided to use ânature > materialsâ and I agreed to do so. Now, I wouldnât do it anymore⦠> > > > Because: we now have bugs in the exhibition-room. A biologist told me that > they must be Anthrenus, probably Anthrenus verbasci. The grubs/worms must > be in the wood we used and the bugs are lying near the window, most of > them dead. > > > > As the removing of the wood would probably be the end of the exhibition > (it should actually not end before octoberâ¦), I would like to know the > risks and the problems and what else I could do instead of removing the > wood⦠> > > > Fortunately we donât have our collection/museum-objects in this room > except some « dead birds ». And it wouldnât be a problem, if the worms > will stay in the wood and eat this wood, in which theyâve come into the > museum. > > > > Do the worms eat only the bark of the wood â will it be a big problem > for the room itself (wooden ceilingâ¦), because now the bugs are lying > their eggs everywhere? And will they destroy the objects of our next > exhibition in this room? What are they eating actually? > > > > What do I have to do concerning the roomâ¦? > > > > I send you a few pictures â it would be great, if you could help me or > tell me who I could/should ask. > > > > A big « thankyou » in advance and please excuse my English⦠> > > > Best regards > > Elisabeth Abgottspon > > > > > > (grundsätzlich am Dienstag, Mittwoch und Donnerstag im Ortsmuseum) > > > > Ãffnungszeiten des Museums: Mittwoch, Samstag und Sonntag von 14 Uhr bis > 17 Uhr. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Elisabeth Abgottspon > > Kuratorin/Museumsleiterin > > Ortsmuseum Kuesnacht > > Tobelweg 1 > > 8700 Küsnacht > > Tel. 0041 44 910 59 70 > > > > > > > > -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. 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