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Dear Dr. Parker, Thank you sharing your wisdom! I am printing out your email as we speak to add to my IPM Bible for future reference. Many thanks, Erika From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugman22 Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:06 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Potential Flower Arrangement Pests This is a message from the 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- As an entomologist and one who has spent his career setting up Integrated Preventive Pest Management (IPPM) programs for museums, historic houses, collections, libraries and archives around the world for the past 41 years, one must consider what kinds of pests may be considered pests of collections or a structure. In reviewing the list, I would consider certain kinds of carpet beetle adults (feed on pollen), cigarette beetles (feed on dried plant materials), and drywood termites and wood-boring beetles (wooden natural materials and objects) to be of concern. Carpet beetle adults tend to feed on composites and bridal veil. So chrysanthemums and daisies might be of concern. However, if we are talking about cut flowers, I do not consider even these to be a problem. When a carpet beetle adult is disturbed, it folds its legs and antennae into grooves of its body and rolls off the flower like a lead shot or B-B. Or they may just spread their wings and fly away as the flower is being cut. Roses, tulips, daffodils, and all sorts of other kinds of flowers would be fine. Cigarette beetles are often found infesting dried flower arrangements and dried plant material on display, such as a string of dried chile peppers. The are also a "bookworm" where the larvae feed on the glue of the binding. And they often feed on paper mache items, such as mortuary masks and puppets. Wood-destroying insects should be considered when felled logs and branches are being considered. Powderpost beetles should be considered when donated furniture arrives from Aunt Ida's basement or attic. Or the contents of a cobbler's shop. What is equally important is what kinds of traveling exhibitions and temporary demonstrations does management allow. For instance, never allow a weaver to set up shop in a museum; these well-intentioned demonstrations often infest museums with webbing clothes moths. And don't use real wool in your diorama of pioneer life; use synthetic "wool". The same goes for the importation of woven woolen items into a museum shop. Taxidermy mounts....ugh. I can't think of any reason succulents are on the list, if we are just talking about insect infestation. The same goes for plastic or silk or waxed flowers. Carpet beetles do not feed on plastic, silk, or waxed flowers. Carpet beetle larvae require keratin (an animal protein) in their diet; silk is a mineral spun from the salivary glands of a moth larva. It does not contain keratin, even though you see time and again references to carpet beetles feeding on silk in the literature; it's simply not true. Silk damage is usually caused by UV light and silverfish feeding on the sizing. That brings me to silverfish. Every time you receive a cardboard box into a museum, you run the risk of importing silverfish inside the corrugations of the box. Box manufacturing plants are loaded with silverfish. They feed on the glue and labels. So what is one supposed to do? Nothing....that's life. Insure you have a thorough IPPM program in your institution with lots of glueboards. Thomas A. Parker, PhD 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com<http://www.museumpestcontrol.com> -----Original Message----- From: Wingfield, Erika <erika.wingfi...@phxart.org<mailto:erika.wingfi...@phxart.org>> To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' <pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>> Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 3:02 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] Potential Flower Arrangement Pests This is a message from the 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 Dawn, We include this on our list to insure that all the arrangements are of quality material. Best, Erika From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net?>] On Behalf Of Dawn Roberts Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 11:53 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: RE: [pestlist] Potential Flower Arrangement Pests This is a message from the 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- I’m curious – you permit real, cut flowers but not artificial ones? Would you mind explaining your reasoning for that? Dawn Dawn Roberts | Director of Collections The Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 North Cannon Drive, Chicago, IL 60614 | www.naturemuseum.org<http://www.naturemuseum.org> Collections Facility and Office 4001 N Ravenswood Avenue, suite 201, Chicago, IL 60613 | 773-755-5125 The Urban Gateway to Nature and Science From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Wingfield, Erika Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:51 PM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>' Subject: [pestlist] Potential Flower Arrangement Pests This is a message from the 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, I am preparing to generate a list of prohibited items to give to some Ikebana flower arrangers who are going to have their arrangements accompany an exhibition next spring. We currently have an existing list--however I was hoping to flesh it out so as to provide more of an explanation as to why these items are not allowed in the museum. Does anyone have their own list of prohibited items that you provide to florists? Would you be willing to share said list with the listerv? Is there anything that you would add or remove from the list I provided? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Best regards, Erika Wingfield Erika Wingfield Assistant Registrar Direct: 602.307.2030 Email: erika.wingfi...@phxart.org<mailto:erika.wingfi...@phxart.org> Phoenix Art Museum 1625 N. 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