Re: [pestlist] Another termite question

[Thomas Parker]

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Ozge -

Without even finishing my reading of your email, I knew this had to be Los 
Angeles. I’ve dealt with other situations where Drywood termites are in the 
major beams of a large commercial warehouse buildings in the LA area. Seems a 
lot of the warehouses have a similar condition. You are welcomed to call me at 
610-
348-9890, my cell phone, to discuss the situation.

Tom Parker 
610-348-9890 Cellar 

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> On Nov 7, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Ozge Gencay-Ustun  
> wrote:
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> Dear All,
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> I have an inquiry about termites, too. We have drywood termites infested in 
> the wooden beams (vertical beams and roof elements) of our new building, 
> where we have moved our library and where our conservation lab and 
> collections areas are (so from time to time we will have objects in those 
> areas). Our other museum collections (mainly ethnographic) are in other part 
> of the building where there is no wooden structure there, so I might say they 
> are fairly safe, right now.
> 
> In addition, one of our conservators suspects that we may also have 
> subterranean termites. We had a company came in and did a treatment (I am not 
> sure what). It is an old building, we had renovations done and just moved in. 
> We have a small Native garden next to the building, but I didn’t see any 
> subterranean termite tunnels there. I  only saw the drywood termites 
> (red-bodied swarmers with wings of branchy veins). I found all of them dead 
> on the floor of the library’s cool storage room and one of them was alive 
> caught in an insect trap.
> 
> To eliminate the drywood termites what would is recommended? Would using a 
> bait matrix containing an insect growth regulator, hexaflumuron work on 
> drywood termites like it did for subterranean termites with the Statue of 
> Liberty (1998 JAIC (37:3) article by Nan-Yao Su, Jamey D. Thomas, and Rudolf 
> H. Scheffrahn)? Do you think it would work better than injecting those wooden 
> beams? Any thoughts would help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Özge Gençay-Üstün
> Assistant Conservator
>  
> AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST
> 4700 Western Heritage Way
> Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
> Direct: 323.495.4328
> E-mail: ogencay-us...@theautry.org
>  
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[pestlist] Another termite question

[Ozge Gencay-Ustun]

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Dear All,

I have an inquiry about termites, too. We have drywood termites infested in the 
wooden beams (vertical beams and roof elements) of our new building, where we 
have moved our library and where our conservation lab and collections areas are 
(so from time to time we will have objects in those areas). Our other museum 
collections (mainly ethnographic) are in other part of the building where there 
is no wooden structure there, so I might say they are fairly safe, right now.

In addition, one of our conservators suspects that we may also have 
subterranean termites. We had a company came in and did a treatment (I am not 
sure what). It is an old building, we had renovations done and just moved in. 
We have a small Native garden next to the building, but I didn't see any 
subterranean termite tunnels there. I  only saw the drywood termites 
(red-bodied swarmers with wings of branchy veins). I found all of them dead on 
the floor of the library's cool storage room and one of them was alive caught 
in an insect trap.

To eliminate the drywood termites what would is recommended? Would using a bait 
matrix containing an insect growth regulator, hexaflumuron work on drywood 
termites like it did for subterranean termites with the Statue of Liberty (1998 
JAIC (37:3) article by Nan-Yao Su, Jamey D. Thomas, and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn)? 
Do you think it would work better than injecting those wooden beams? Any 
thoughts would help.

Thanks,
Özge Gençay-Üstün
Assistant Conservator

AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
Direct: 323.495.4328
E-mail: ogencay-us...@theautry.org

Go West: TheAutry.org



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[pestlist] Another termite question

[Ozge Gencay-Ustun]

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Dear All,

I have an inquiry about termites, too. We have drywood termites infested in the 
wooden beams (vertical beams and roof elements) of our new building, where we 
have moved our library and where our conservation lab and collections areas are 
(so from time to time we will have objects in those areas). Our other museum 
collections (mainly ethnographic) are in other part of the building where there 
is no wooden structure there, so I might say they are fairly safe, right now.

In addition, one of our conservators suspects that we may also have 
subterranean termites. We had a company came in and did a treatment (I am not 
sure what). It is an old building, we had renovations done and just moved in. 
We have a small Native garden next to the building, but I didn't see any 
subterranean termite tunnels there. I  only saw the drywood termites 
(red-bodied swarmers with wings of branchy veins). I found all of them dead on 
the floor of the library's cool storage room and one of them was alive caught 
in an insect trap.

To eliminate the drywood termites what would is recommended? Would using a bait 
matrix containing an insect growth regulator, hexaflumuron work on drywood 
termites like it did for subterranean termites with the Statue of Liberty (1998 
JAIC (37:3) article by Nan-Yao Su, Jamey D. Thomas, and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn)? 
Do you think it would work better than injecting those wooden beams? Any 
thoughts would help.

Thanks,
Özge Gençay-Üstün
Assistant Conservator

AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
Direct: 323.495.4328
E-mail: ogencay-us...@theautry.org

Go West: TheAutry.org



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