RE: [pestlist] Clothes Moths?

[Anne Lane]

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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



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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

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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
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The  Charlotte  Museum  of  History
where  history  has  a  home
3500  Shamrock  Drive
Charlotte  NC 28215
704-568-1774 X110
Fax - 704-566-1817
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[pestlist] Clothes Moths?

[Anne Lane]

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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





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RE: [pestlist] Vendors for freezer trucks and/or CO2 chambers

[Anne Lane]

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I can't speak to Washington, DC, but we have contracted with a local trucking 
company.
Anne T. Lane
Collections Manager
The Charlotte Museum of History

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Subject: [pestlist]Vendors for freezer trucks and/or CO2 chambers

A mid-size cultural institution in the greater Washington DC area is updating 
its disaster plan and is looking for recommendations for vendors who are able 
to supply freezer trucks and/or CO2 chambers.



If anyone has worked with companies supplying these services I would be 
grateful to hear of them.

Thank you,

Rachael



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RE: [pestlist] Pest Treaments

[Anne Lane]

This is quite beside the point, but when I googled your freezer, one of the 
results listed a "So-Low Torso Model" - the chest freezer for the rest of us, I 
guess.

Anne
ANNE T LANE, COLLECTIONS MANAGER
THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
WHERE HISTORY HAS A HOME
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
tel 704-568-1774, ext 110
fax 704-566-1817
al...@charlottemuseum.org


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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pest Treaments

Hello,
I work in the collections department at a center in the Chandler, Arizona area. 
I'm interested in purchasing a small freezer to treat organic material and I'd 
like to know if anyone can recommend a one. Currently, I'm looking at So-Low 
model ch25-13 freezer to -25 degrees Celsius. Any information will be greatly 
appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
darsita.r...@gric.nsn.us


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Subject: [pestlist] Pest Treaments

Dear all,

I work at the Manchester Museum in the UK, and we are about to embark on a 
redevelopment of our Mammals Gallery. All the taxidermy specimens on display 
will have to be moved to elsewhere in the Museum (including other collection 
stores) due to lack of storage space, and so to be on the safe side I would 
like to treat all the specimens as soon as they come off the gallery and before 
they go into their new/temporary home.

We have a small chest freezer at the Museum that we use for treating small 
specimens, but there are an awful lot of specimens on the gallery, as well as 
several very large ones. We have used the walk-in freezer at Liverpool 
Conservation Centre in the past, but this would involve a great deal of 
journeys back and forth, and would be very time consuming.

Please can anyone recommend a company in the north west that could provide the 
facilities to treat a large number of specimens on site? Ideally we are looking 
for a mobile freezer unit?

Many thanks,
Abby

Abby Stevens
Preventive Conservator
Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 
9PL
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abigail.k.stev...@manchester.ac.uk

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[pestlist] Varied Carpet Beetle

[Anne Lane]

Help! I have just found a few adult varied carpet beetle larvae crawling over a 
cluster of old loom reeds I was about to rehouse. I understand there are 
pheromone traps for these guys. Does anyone have a vendor to recommend - price, 
alas, IS an object - or any advice as to best placement, how many, how best to 
detect where they might be coming from? I suspect our historic house, which had 
some larvae brought in on bits of raw wool used in our loom display. Are these 
critters likely to crawl into boxes, or fly up under muslin dust covers to get 
at wool or silk?

Many thanks,

Anne
ANNE T LANE, COLLECTIONS MANAGER
THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
WHERE HISTORY HAS A HOME
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Charlotte NC 28215
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RE: [pestlist] Using Raw Wool in Exhibit Space

[Anne Lane]

I recently found carpet beetles and larvae in some raw wool items that were 
brought into our historic house. I looked at various ways to treat it, and 
settled on "cooking" it in my home oven, since these were not artifacts and it 
seemed the easiest way to handle the problem. Assuming other items in your 
museum are not already infested, then getting rid of any existing critters this 
way should prevent problems, especially if your exhibit spaces are well sealed.

Anne
ANNE T LANE, COLLECTIONS MANAGER
THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
WHERE HISTORY HAS A HOME
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
tel 704-568-1774, ext 110
fax 704-566-1817
al...@charlottemuseum.org

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Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 4:32 PM
To: pestl...@museumpests.com
Subject: [pestlist] Using Raw Wool in Exhibit Space

We are developing an exhibit about the woollen manufacturing industry at a 
small regional museum. We would like to include wool at various stages of 
development, starting with raw wool, to show to visitors how the machines 
process it. The curator is reluctant to use raw wool within the exhibit as 
someone told him a few years ago that it would attract pests, (though completed 
textile pieces are regularly displayed in the museum). Does anyone have advice 
on what could be done to treat raw wool so that it would not pose a threat to 
other artefacts in the space? If not, does anyone have ideas on how to 
realistically recreate wool?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Megan McIntosh (Student)
Algonquin College, Applied Museum Studies

RE: [pestlist] Sow and Pill Bug problem

[Anne Lane]

Scott! I almost swatted my monitor!

Anne

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Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:39 AM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: RE: [pestlist] Sow and Pill Bug problem

Hi,

Tara,

The dust will help and drying this area out will do more than any chemicals.. 
Remove all organic debris around this area will also help.

Scott Harvey
Pest Specialist
University of Colorado, Boulder
303-735-0406
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RE: Using pests to help

[Anne Lane]

I knew
dermestids have long been used to clean skeletons for natural history
collections and laboratories, but this is the first I have heard about using
bugs for artwork. My first question would be, what do you do about all those
little exploded corpses inside your wooden pieces, who are issuing posthumous
messages to local carnivores to come to dinner? I must admit being fascinated
by the use of bugs to fill losses in sculptures, especially the bit about
colors. What won’t they think of next?

 



Anne
  

Anne
T. Lane

Collections Manager

704.568.1774
x110 phone

704.566.1817 fax

al...@charlottemuseum.org

 

The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite

Where 
History Has a Home

3500
  Shamrock Drive

Charlotte, NC  28215-3214

www.charlottemuseum.org

 

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Collections, Your Treasures

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An
 Invitation to the White House











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Behalf Of Rick Kerschner
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009
10:38 AM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: Using pests to help



 



Finally, we have them working with us!  Interesting
article.





 





http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/bugs-save-venezuela-art





 



Richard L. Kerschner

Director of Preservation and Conservation

Shelburne Museum

PO Box 10, Route 7

Shelburne, VT   05482

(802) 985-3348 x3361

rkersch...@shelburnemuseum.org



 

RE: [pestlist] ID Help Needed

[Anne Lane]

Thank you
so much for identifying my crawly little carpet beetle larva. I have asked our
facilities director to report to our pest control provider bug man, so
hopefully they’ll come up with a solution. Anyone have info on using
Gentrol to control carpet beetles in a museum? This is the first time I’ve
come across one, and it was a migrant from the gallery downstairs. Would I be
wise to put out pheromone lures in sticky traps up here in Collections.

Thanks,
again - 

 



- Anne 

Anne
T. Lane

Collections
Manager

704.568.1774
x110 phone

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Where 
History Has a Home

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  Shamrock Drive

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Charlotte Stories: Our Collections, Your
Treasures

Charlotte Neighborhoods: Center City

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 Invitation to the White House











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5:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID Help
Needed



 

Hi Anne,

 

I’m not an expert, but it appears to
be a varied carpet beetle larvae.  I pulled this information from the UC
Davis statewide IPM management program online - http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7436.html#IDENTIFICATION  
In it you’ll find identification and treatment options.  

 

These little guys love to eat a variety of
animal products (i.e. leather, wool silk, fur, etc) vs. synthetic products. 
An IPM service provider should be able to assist you with treatment options.

 

I hope this helps.

 

All the best,

Jacki

 



Jacki Arase | Assistant
Registrar 

Judah L. Magnes Museum

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Berkeley, CA  94705

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