This is a message from the Museumpests 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- You may as well mix corn meal with borax, it make sense and help buffering RH as well as keeping pest under control. Best wishes,
David Cottier-Angeli Associated Member of the Swiss Chamber of Technical and Scientific Forensic Experts CottierMetal Genève Tel. +4122 300 1955 Mob. +4179 319 319 0 Le 2 oct. 2013 à 22:04, "Anderson, Gretchen" <anders...@carnegiemnh.org> a écrit : > This is a message from the Museumpests 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > It certainly looks like the larval form of R. vespulae . Do you use cornmeal > in preparing your skins? This is an attractant for grain beetles as well. At > my former museum we were able to significantly reduce our infestations by > eliminating the use of corn meal. I believe our preparatory used borax > instead – but would have to check on that detail. > > Nice photo by the way. > Gretchen Anderson > Conservator > Carnegie Museum of Natural History > 5800 Baum Blvd > Pittsburgh, PA 15202 > Phone (412)665-2607 > anders...@carnegiemnh.org > http://www.carnegiemnh.org > > From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Tamar > Danufsky > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 2:57 PM > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Subject: [pestlist] pest id > > This is a message from the Museumpests 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Greetings, > > A few years ago I had an infestation of Reesa vespulae in my cornmeal (all > adults). Today I found this (live) larva in the bird skin teaching > collection. > > http://www.humboldt.edu/wildmuseum/larva.html > > Is this also a Reesa? > > Many thanks! > Tamar > > ****************************************************** > Tamar Danufsky > Museum Curator and > Marine Wildlife Care Center Coordinator > Department of Wildlife > Humboldt State University > Arcata, CA 95521 > phone (707)826-4034 > fax (707)826-4060 > www.humboldt.edu/wildmuseum > www.humboldt.edu/mwcc > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only > for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
