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Is there water service of any nature in, on or near that wall. If so, look for signs of moisture or leakage. Forrest E. St. Aubin, BCE > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > As of today, these termites have only been located only on interior > walls. I have several glue boards out to monitor a variety of areas to > see where they're headed this evening. They seem to be radiating out of > one common wall, which is an interior corridor wall that runs down a > majority of the length of the building. Thanks so much for your help! > > Beth > ________________________________ > From: ad...@museumpests.net [ad...@museumpests.net] on behalf of Jones, > Robert (Ryan) [rjo...@cwf.org] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:32 PM > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Subject: [pestlist] RE: Termite question > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > The termites you see are indeed subterranean termite reproductives. The > wings are all the same size, the antennae are straight, and the abdomen > is uniform in size - not pinched. These do not directly consume > cellulose, so your initial response of removing them was correct. That’s > the good news. The bad news is that the swarmers indicate a colony (or > two) of subterranean termites on site. Keep a record of every area these > swarmers were seen and call your termite contractor in to take a look at > the area. > > Are these swarmers coming in on walls that butt the exterior perimeter > or are the interior walls? > > From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of > Carter, Beth C. (Historical Society) > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 4:55 PM > To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' > Subject: [pestlist] Termite question > > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to > pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, > > Today we discovered hundreds of winged subterranean termites and larva > in a corridor and bathroom near our collections workroom. The termites > are coming up through the floors via the trim and through the tile grout > in the bathroom. The termites are moving down the corridor toward > collections areas. Our facilities staff was instructed to spray the > pests with windex and vacuum them up. This doesn’t seem to be a sound > solution to our infestation in my opinion. Am I wrong? Our building is > treated yearly for termites, but this infestation has me concerned. What > recommendations do you have for this issue? > > I have attached an image of just one of the traps that I set out this > morning. Thank you for your time and any suggestions you have. > > All the best, > Beth Carter > > Beth A. Caffery Carter > Collections Management Assistant > Kentucky Historical Society > Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History > 100 W. Broadway > Frankfort, KY 40601 > 502-564-1792 ext. 4466 > bethc.car...@ky.gov<mailto:trevor.jo...@ky.gov> > www.history.ky.gov<http://history.ky.gov/> > > [khs_logo_email_footer] > > Did You Know...that the KHS Online Objects Catalog holds over 11,000 > objects and counting? 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