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You must encapsulate susceptible items in polyethylene. Carpet beetles will not chew their way through it in order to lay eggs on your garments. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Anne Lane <al...@charlottemuseum.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 1:53 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. I guess. We don’t really want to have carpet beetles, either. Any suggestions on how to get rid of them in a really porous building with no facilities to isolate anything? I think the first step we’ll take is to send all these cloaks out to be dry-cleaned, but if the lil boogers have gotten into any collections areas, what can I do? Anne Anne T Lane, Collections Manager The Charlotte Museum of History where history has a home 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte NC 28215 704-568-1774 X110 Fax - 704-566-1817 al...@charlottemuseum.org From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:08 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Anne - If it were webbing clothes moths and newer damage, you'd see silken tubing. If it were case-making clothes moths, you'd see what looks like cocoons and lots of frass. I doubt if you have either. Neat holes in protein-based materials are probably being caused by carpet beetle larvae. They often "hit and run". Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Anne Lane <al...@charlottemuseum.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 10:55 am Subject: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello – I am seeing some fairly neat holes in our collection of wool docents’ cloaks, and some bits of fairly new wool embroidery neatly grazed off some linen pockets. No frass, no webbing, and so far no sign of the little fluttery critters. Could this be case-making clothes moths? We can freeze, or heat, the items, but how do I keep this from spreading to the rest of my collection? How do I even tell if these are case-making clothes moths? Are there are pheromone traps available for them? The items in qestion are stored on an open rack in an office along with a bunch of other costumes, mostly linen and other cellulosic fibers, some polyester. No signs of damage there. Thanks, Anne Anne T Lane, Collections Manager The Charlotte Museum of History where history has a home 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte NC 28215 704-568-1774 X110 Fax - 704-566-1817 al...@charlottemuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. 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