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I work for a private design collection of clothing/accessories that around this time of the year start to spot some dermestid beetles that our pest control provider has identified as black carpet beetles (this is by no means an infestation, just seasonal activity we are trying to keep controlled). Last season, our pest control provider gave us some “carpet beetle” traps that were later proved ineffective: our traps caught nothing even though we had continued sightings of a few flying around and later our pest control provider said the same traps were used in an absolutely infested space and were unable to trap anything. They have been unable to recommend another trap. I looked around on the Trapping section on Museum Pests, but I figure direct endorsements are not polite. I am unsure of the brand they were using here, but the pheromone vials were placed on yellow Catch-It glue traps. Perhaps the Catch-It was not sticky enough for a beetle as well... If anyone does not mind making a personal endorsement, can you please recommend a specific brand for black carpet beetle pheromones? Thank you! ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
