Handle with care. The brown stain is a result of the phosphoric acid exuded by the strip. Cathy
-----Original Message----- From: Del Re, Christine <de...@mpm.edu> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:54 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Used to be called a “No Pest Strip” in the good old days……………… From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Del Re, Christine Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:52 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Agreed. That is an old DDVP pest strip – we still have some buried in our rather inaccessible light fixtures here………………. From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:50 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package John - >From the stains at the bottom of the white cardboard, it appears to be an old >DDVP (Vapona) resin strip in an enclosure. It's very old and no longer >volatilizing the pesticide, dichlorvos, into the air. It can be safely >discarded into the regular trash. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: John E Simmons <simmons.jo...@gmail.com> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:14 pm Subject: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Can anyone help identify the pesticide likely to be in the package shown in the attached image? Thanks, John John E. Simmons Museologica 128 E. Burnside Street Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010 simmons.jo...@gmail.com 303-681-5708 www.museologica.com and Adjunct Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania
