Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum...
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- If the images were a bit clearer... but anyway the beetles look like an anobiid of some sort, not dermestid beetle species. Dear members of the pestlist Im the curator of a little a Museum in Switzerland, but not knowing much about pests. It would be great if you can help me concerning a bug-problem. At the moment, we show an exhibition about different phenomenas in the near nature environment of the museum (Kuesnacht, Switzerland). As the subject is nature, our designers decided to use nature materials and I agreed to do so. Now, I wouldnt do it anymore Because: we now have bugs in the exhibition-room. A biologist told me that they must be Anthrenus, probably Anthrenus verbasci. The grubs/worms must be in the wood we used and the bugs are lying near the window, most of them dead. As the removing of the wood would probably be the end of the exhibition (it should actually not end before october ), I would like to know the risks and the problems and what else I could do instead of removing the wood Fortunately we dont have our collection/museum-objects in this room except some « dead birds ». And it wouldnt be a problem, if the worms will stay in the wood and eat this wood, in which theyve come into the museum. Do the worms eat only the bark of the wood will it be a big problem for the room itself (wooden ceiling ), because now the bugs are lying their eggs everywhere? And will they destroy the objects of our next exhibition in this room? What are they eating actually? What do I have to do concerning the room ? I send you a few pictures it would be great, if you could help me or tell me who I could/should ask. A big « thankyou » in advance and please excuse my English Best regards Elisabeth Abgottspon (grundsätzlich am Dienstag, Mittwoch und Donnerstag im Ortsmuseum) Öffnungszeiten des Museums: Mittwoch, Samstag und Sonntag von 14 Uhr bis 17 Uhr. --- Elisabeth Abgottspon Kuratorin/Museumsleiterin Ortsmuseum Kuesnacht Tobelweg 1 8700 Küsnacht Tel. 0041 44 910 59 70 -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com 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
Re: [pestlist] detecting woodborers
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- There are also electronic ears used in auto (car) repairs, but, of course, if the insect isn't crawling and scratching and eating, then you will not hear much at all as Cathy already pointed out. Can you tell us which powderpost beetle you are dealing with? Hi Katie I've used it - but don't recommend it because it only works if the larvae are actively feeding - otherwise they could be present, but you would hear nothing. Cathy In a message dated 5/21/2010 2:12:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kfis...@glenbow.org writes: Hi, My name is Katie Fisher and Iâm the new Pest Control Technician at the Glenbow Museum. I just wanted to ask a somewhat out-there question regarding the detection of wood borers⦠this museum has been battling Powderpost Beetles for quite a while. Every 5 or so years a new wave will appear, a large-scale treatment process will happen (phosphene), but it just doesnât seem to be effective in getting rid of the Powderpost population. Since it takes years for them to exit the wood, I feel like Iâm somewhat just twiddling my thumbs in the meantime, wondering if the last treatment did the trick. A friend suggested that I might be able to use a stethoscope to hear the larva inside the wood⦠does anyone do this, to detect woodborers? Does anyone think it would be at all effective in hearing them? Cheers, Katie Katie Fisher Pest Control Technician Glenbow Museum 130-9th Avenue S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3 Tel (403) 268-4235 Fax (403) 265-9769 Catharine Hawks Conservator 2419 Barbour Road Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA t/f 703.876.9272 mobile 703.200.4370 -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com 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
Re: [pestlist] ID help, please
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- If you like you could send it to me I can take a look. We are finding these in traps in one Historic House. Tick marks on the side are .1 mm. Very tiny. Any suggestions as to who they might be? Thank you, Patty Patricia Silence Conservator of Museum Exhibitions and Historic Interiors The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com 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
RE: [pestlist] ECOPCO
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- ECoExempt KO Contact Insecticide I think it depends which one of their products you are considering. The residual line I believe contain pyrethroids (maybe other products), but the exempt line does not contain pyrethroids. Some products have residual action, but I don't believe the exempt line promises this. I think EcoPco recently was bought by another company. Lou This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. ---Hi I checked the EPA label and active in EcoPCO is pyrethrins. Pyrethrins are a low toxicity pesticide but also dont persist for very long in the environment. They are used primarily for flushing insects such as cockroaches from harborages or to knock down flying insects. Because they have no residual life they are relatively ineffective in general pest control. By general pest control I mean kitchens, exterior areas (to limit occasional invaders), or other areas outside of the collection area. A good IPM program does not limit itself to one material anymore then it should to one approach. I think taking the program in house without proper training and understanding of pest control (especially in a museum setting) is a big mistake. Hope this is helpful. Jack Wiler -Original Message- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Cindy Gardner Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:26 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] ECOPCO This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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 a state agency, we are always at the mercy of the pest company that comes in at low bid. Now, unhappy with the low bid, the agency responsible for this contract is looking at other alternatives. They are wanting to do it themselves and use an all natural product called ECOPCO. http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/ecopco.htm We have always had a successful integrated pest management system and have only used sticky traps inside the museum. We have had some bugs over the years, but no infestations. I have explained why museums are different, but am wondering if any of you have any comments that I can share with them. Thanks. -- Cindy Gardner Director of Collections, Museum Division Project Liaison, Museum of Mississippi History Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6901 Facsimile: 601/576-6815 Email: cgard...@mdah.state.ms.us - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.45/2045 - Release Date: 4/7/2009 6:41 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.45/2045 - Release Date: 4/7/2009 6:41 AM - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St. New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
