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Vacuuming the undersides of wool carpets that cannot be frozen. Particularly paying close attention 6 inches in from the edges of area carpets or rugs. I inspect under edges of rugs in August here seems to be the time to catch them before any real damage can occur. JTV Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080<tel:757-220-7080> Cell 757-634-1175<tel:757-634-1175> E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org> [X] On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Adrienne Dastgir <adrienne.dast...@chickasaw.net<mailto:adrienne.dast...@chickasaw.net>> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests.net<http://Museumpests.net> List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, This was found upstairs in a draw. The area is the front desk where the phone and entryway is located. Where the public visit the exhibits. The area has carpet. Also people that have been working the front desk have been leaving processed foods. I did not see any adults, only the larvae. I am unsure if it is Furniture Carpet Beetle (Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte) or Buffalo carpet Beetle (Anthrermus scrophulaia.) I am thinking it is the Furniture Carpet Beetle ((Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte). We do have textiles, and wool in the collections. Am I correct on the ID. What are some recommendations on how to keep them contained to the one area. I know you can place items in freezers. The draws do not come out of the desk and I not thank they will pull the carpet up any time soon. We currently have a few textiles artifacts on display. Should I recommend that the textiles be placed in the freezer and what other recommendation should I make? Thanks for any help with this. Adrienne Dastgir Curator of Collections Chickasaw Culture Center 867 Cooper Memorial Dr. Sulphur Ok 73086 (580)-622-7130 ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> <Carpet Beetle 1.jpg> <Carpet Beetle3.jpg> <Carpet Beetle2.jpg> <Carpet beetle 4.jpg> <carpet beetle 6.jpg> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com