[pestlist] re: powder post beetles
Steve and Alex, Very helpful and pertinent information. I will continue to monitor pestlist and will update you on our course of action. Thanks for posting. Ryan Jones Integrated Pest Management Specialist [cid:image001.jpg@01CBC440.B70AA3F0] P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 220-7080 rjo...@cwf.orgmailto:rjo...@cwf.org inline: image001.jpg
Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles
If memory serves me correctly, the most recent classification places Lyctidae as a subfamily (Lyctinae) of Bostrichidae. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -Original message- From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:45:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Group - Questions concerning powderpost beetles have recently arisen. Over the past 35 years, I have provided expert witness testimony as an entomologist specializing in urban pest management in hundreds of wood-destroying litigation matters in numerous states. I am attaching a summary of information about powderpost beetles for your review. Feel free to ask questions about your specific situations. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com
Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles
Tom, in your accompanying paper I was wondering what small wasps collect the beetle frass. Also, some small wasps can be parasitoids of wood boring beetles. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -Original message- From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:45:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Group - Questions concerning powderpost beetles have recently arisen. Over the past 35 years, I have provided expert witness testimony as an entomologist specializing in urban pest management in hundreds of wood-destroying litigation matters in numerous states. I am attaching a summary of information about powderpost beetles for your review. Feel free to ask questions about your specific situations. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com
Re: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object
Dear Pestlist: How to drive away the lizards from the old buildings? Sometime they are moving high on the walls. Please give some ideas. Regards. Dr. Abdul Rauf Truly Pest Solution Pvt. Ltd. (Truly Nolen International USA) 1113 Hemkunt Tower, 98 Nehru Place New Delhi abdul.r...@krepl.in - Original Message - From: Silence, Patricia To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:35 PM Subject: RE: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object Rose, Our pest guy removes little lizards (live) from the traps using vegetable oil.not so good for silk, but maybe a starting point. Patty From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Rose Daly Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:49 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object Dear Pestlist: A mishap in de-installation opened and attached the adhesive of a Victor roach trap to a silk book cover. I know from personal experience that this adhesive is quite sticky and difficult to remove from anything. Does anyone has experience removing a sticky trap from a textile? If it was silk that is great but other textiles would be enlightening as well. I will be performing mock-ups and I can share the information with everyone on the website if you are interested. Thanks, Rose Rose Daly Graduate Fellow Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation rose_d...@hotmail.com
Re: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object
Dr Rauf, There are no chemicals that repel lizards that are safe to use in collections (or around humans, for that matter). The lizards are on the walls because they are eating the insects they find on the walls so rather than trying to get rid of the lizards, you should focus on getting rid of their food supply. If the lizards have no insects to feed on, they will move somewhere else. On the positive side, the lizards are probably eating some collection pests; on the negative side, the lizard fecal matter and shed skin may attract more pests. Often lizards are found on walls because lights on the walls attract insects (I have seen this often in Thailand). If you can reposition lights so that they are not attached to the walls it will reduce the amount of insects on the walls and thus make them less attractive for the lizards. Place the lights so that they are not attached to the wall, but shine on the wall--this way, the insects will be attracted to the light source rather than the wall surface. If it is necessary to remove the lizards from the walls, you can use flat sticky traps to catch the lizards by attaching the traps to the walls where the lizards crawl. The lizards can either be humanely euthanized when they are caught in the traps, or removed from the sticky traps by using vegetable oil. However, unless you can seal the building and/or eliminate the insects the lizards are feeding on, they will return. --John John E. Simmons Museologica 128 E. Burnside Street Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010 simmons.jo...@gmail.com 303-681-5708 www.museologica.com and Adjunct Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum Art Gallery Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Dr. Abdul Rauf abdul.r...@krepl.in wrote: Dear Pestlist: How to drive away the lizards from the old buildings? Sometime they are moving high on the walls. Please give some ideas. Regards. Dr. Abdul Rauf Truly Pest Solution Pvt. Ltd. (Truly Nolen International USA) 1113 Hemkunt Tower, 98 Nehru Place New Delhi abdul.r...@krepl.in - Original Message - *From:* Silence, Patricia psile...@cwf.org *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net *Sent:* Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:35 PM *Subject:* RE: [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object Rose, Our pest guy removes little lizards (live) from the traps using vegetable oil…not so good for silk, but maybe a starting point. Patty *From:* pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] *On Behalf Of *Rose Daly *Sent:* Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:49 PM *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net *Subject:* [pestlist] removing sticky traps from a silk object Dear Pestlist: A mishap in de-installation opened and attached the adhesive of a Victor roach trap to a silk book cover. I know from personal experience that this adhesive is quite sticky and difficult to remove from anything. Does anyone has experience removing a sticky trap from a textile? If it was silk that is great but other textiles would be enlightening as well. I will be performing mock-ups and I can share the information with everyone on the website if you are interested. Thanks, Rose Rose Daly Graduate Fellow Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation rose_d...@hotmail.com --
Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles
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. --- Tom, Did you ever see any prey items that the wasps carry? Maybe these are some species of sphecid wasp? Lou Lou - The wasps I've observed kick out the frass and use it as a nesting site. When she's finished, she plugs the hole with mud. I've seen it with small, round holes on the exterior of log cabins as well as Old House Borer oval flight holes. There are a variety of wasps involved. I've watched the females in certain situations, but have never collected any. Tom -Original Message- From: Louis Sorkin sor...@amnh.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 8:57 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Tom, in your accompanying paper I was wondering what small wasps collect the beetle frass. Also, some small wasps can be parasitoids of wood boring beetles. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -Original message- From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:45:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Group - Questions concerning powderpost beetles have recently arisen. Over the past 35 years, I have provided expert witness testimony as an entomologist specializing in urban pest management in hundreds of wood-destroying litigation matters in numerous states. I am attaching a summary of information about powderpost beetles for your review. Feel free to ask questions about your specific situations. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.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 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] Powderpost Beetles
Lou - I've never seen a wasp with a prey item. As old as I am, my eyesight might not be what it should be. Mostly, I've seen them kicking out the frass and then cementing the hole shut with mud. You'll also see mud-filled, sealed holes with a small round hole in the mud; meaning the critter has emerged. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Louis Sorkin sor...@amnh.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 11:44 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. o post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net o unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. -- Tom, id you ever see any prey items that the wasps carry? Maybe these are ome species of sphecid wasp? ou Lou - The wasps I've observed kick out the frass and use it as a nesting site. When she's finished, she plugs the hole with mud. I've seen it with small, round holes on the exterior of log cabins as well as Old House Borer oval flight holes. There are a variety of wasps involved. I've watched the females in certain situations, but have never collected any. Tom -Original Message- From: Louis Sorkin sor...@amnh.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 8:57 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Tom, in your accompanying paper I was wondering what small wasps collect the beetle frass. Also, some small wasps can be parasitoids of wood boring beetles. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -Original message- From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:45:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [pestlist] Powderpost Beetles Group - Questions concerning powderpost beetles have recently arisen. Over the past 35 years, I have provided expert witness testimony as an entomologist specializing in urban pest management in hundreds of wood-destroying litigation matters in numerous states. I am attaching a summary of information about powderpost beetles for your review. Feel free to ask questions about your specific situations. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com - lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail ouis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. ntomology Section ivision of Invertebrate Zoology merican Museum of Natural History entral Park West at 79th Street ew York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 ax: 212-769-5277 mail: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. mail: n...@amnh.org eb: www.nyentsoc.org nline journal from 2001 forward ww.BioOne.org - o send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to mail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist ny problems email l...@zaks.com
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Terry - It's difficult to determine from the photos; it could be a webbing or case-making clothes moth cocoon. I would guess it to be a webbing clothes moth cocoon from the fact the frass is stuck to the cocoon by webbing and the bits of fabric are woven into the cocoon. Most of the time the case-making clothes moth simply closes off both ends of its case and pupates inside without attaching particles of fabric to the cocoon. The frass of the case-making clothes moth is not webbed-up and falls loosely from the object. The next determination is to figure out if it's active or an old cocoon. As disgusting as it sounds, squeeze the cocoon and see if you squash the pupa. If it's dry, then it's old. If it's an active case-making moth infestation, there will be other cocoons crawling around the fabric. The case-making moth larva makes a cocoon with both ends open, out of which the larva pokes its head to feed. The webbing clothes moth larva is a naked, cream-colored caterpillar with a dark brown head capsule. It spins and is encased in a silken tube as it feeds. The frass therefore becomes stuck to the webbing and everything looks very messy. Thomas A. Parker, PhD' President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. 469 Mimosa Circle Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-2277 Office 610-348-9890 Cell www.museumpestcontrol.com -Original Message- From: Terry Quinlan quin...@algonquincollege.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 2:07 pm Subject: [pestlist] ood morning, I am posting this query on behalf of a colleague who has encountered what she elieves to be a case making clothes moth infestation within a textile ollection. I have attached three images in the hopes someone within the group ould confirm the presence of said pest. She has NOT located the pest itself, however the “cocoon” included in the images as located on the surface of a textile. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Terry Quinlan rofessor of Conservation pplied Museum Studies lgonquin College 385 Woodroffe Ave uilding C Room 230 ttawa, Ontario, Canada 2G 1V8 13.727.4723 extension 5060 erry.quin...@algonquincollege.commailto:terry.quin...@algonquincollege.com log: AMS Conservation Department http://profconservation.wordpress.com/ acebook Group: Applied Museum Studies Conservation Department
