Dear Dr. John,
Your writeup is really helpful for me. I shall try to place the lights little
away from wall, not directly attaching. Still the insects will come as the
surrounding areas have vegetation and gardens. Are there any spcial type of
Lights that do not attract insects? In India people are treating Lizards as a
pest.
Hope to receive your reply.
Dr. Abdul Rauf
Truly Pest Solution Pvt. Ltd.
(Truly Nolen International USA)
1113 Hemkunt Tower, 98 Nehru Place
New Delhi, India
+91 9717017223
abdul.r...@krepl.in
----- Original Message -----
From: John E Simmons
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object
Dr Rauf,
There are no chemicals that repel lizards that are safe to use in collections
(or around humans, for that matter). The lizards are on the walls because they
are eating the insects they find on the walls so rather than trying to get rid
of the lizards, you should focus on getting rid of their food supply. If the
lizards have no insects to feed on, they will move somewhere else.
On the positive side, the lizards are probably eating some collection pests;
on the negative side, the lizard fecal matter and shed skin may attract more
pests.
Often lizards are found on walls because lights on the walls attract insects
(I have seen this often in Thailand). If you can reposition lights so that
they are not attached to the walls it will reduce the amount of insects on the
walls and thus make them less attractive for the lizards. Place the lights so
that they are not attached to the wall, but shine on the wall--this way, the
insects will be attracted to the light source rather than the wall surface.
If it is necessary to remove the lizards from the walls, you can use flat
sticky traps to catch the lizards by attaching the traps to the walls where the
lizards crawl. The lizards can either be humanely euthanized when they are
caught in the traps, or removed from the sticky traps by using vegetable oil.
However, unless you can seal the building and/or eliminate the insects the
lizards are feeding on, they will return.
--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
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Dr. Abdul Rauf <abdul.r...@krepl.in> wrote:
Dear Pestlist:
How to drive away the lizards from the old buildings? Sometime they are
moving high on the walls. Please give some ideas.
Regards.
Dr. Abdul Rauf
Truly Pest Solution Pvt. Ltd.
(Truly Nolen International USA)
1113 Hemkunt Tower, 98 Nehru Place
New Delhi
abdul.r...@krepl.in
----- Original Message -----
From: Silence, Patricia
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object
Rose,
Our pest guy removes little lizards (live) from the traps using vegetable
oil…not so good for silk, but maybe a starting point.
Patty
From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net
[mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Rose Daly
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:49 PM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object
Dear Pestlist:
A mishap in de-installation opened and attached the adhesive of a Victor
roach trap to a silk book cover. I know from personal experience that this
adhesive is quite sticky and difficult to remove from anything. Does anyone
has experience removing a sticky trap from a textile? If it was silk that is
great but other textiles would be enlightening as well. I will be performing
mock-ups and I can share the information with everyone on the website if you
are interested.
Thanks,
Rose
Rose Daly
Graduate Fellow
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
rose_d...@hotmail.com
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