I mis-typed the scientific names or left out information about several of the
species in the Dirty Dozen of museum pests in my initial email. Sorry about
that. Here are those corrections:
Drugstore Beetle (Biscuit Beetle), Stegobium paniceum
Powderpost Beetle, Lyctid spp. (various genera now in
Hi Yoshiko!
I think the amount of space left at the bottom depends on the size of the
geckos. Most pests should still get in with a gap of 5-10 mm, but if the
geckos are quite small, then the smallest the gap can be while permitting
pest entry is best.
There is lots of great advice on this thread
Hi all,
We had a brief bat problem many years ago and the director at the time stopped
trapping to prevent them getting stuck. Since reinstituting IPM I use hardware
cloth, cut and bent around the trap. It doesn’t seem to have affected our
overall counts in each trap or the type of insects we
Hi Yoshiko,
I apologize if you have this information already, but if you catch a gecko in a
trap and they’re still alive, you can use vegetable oil to free them. I work in
a poorly sealed building in the desert and we frequently get lizards caught in
traps. It’s very upsetting, but we’re able t
Hi Katey
Thank you so much for your advice.
It's a good idea to put the door!
I'll try it.
We have triangle traps and our targets of monitoring are especially
silverfish and also some beetle, booklice.
Is it ok to leave some mm of space on the bottom? Maybe 5mm? 3mm?
I really appreciate it!
Best
