RE: [pestlist] circular

[Silence, Patricia]

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Several people have noted that lizards get stuck in glue traps. If found alive 
they can be released (outdoors) by putting a small amount of vegetable oil on 
their stuck parts.
Patty

Patricia Silence
Director of Preventive Conservation
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation


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Subject: [pestlist] circular

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This was found on the floor of a Himalayan monastery storage room for sacred 
art treasures.
What is it? It is approx 3 inches in diameter.

Thank you,
Ann Shaftel
Currently advising in Himalayan monastery


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Re: [pestlist] circular

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It is a Himalayan ground skink (*Scincella himalayanus*). These harmless
lizards are diurnal and insectivorous. They give birth to live 3-5 live
young. In the short run, they are useful because they feed on almost any
insect they can catch, but they will also defecate and shed their skin in
the collection area and when they die they become food sources for
collection pests.

--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
and
Instructor, Museum Studies
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Ann Shaftel  wrote:

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> What is it? It is approx 3 inches in diameter.
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> Currently advising in Himalayan monastery
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Re: [pestlist] circular

[Alan P Van Dyke]

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We have a resident population of Mediterranean house geckos (*Hemidactylus
turcicus*), which are very common around here.  The good news is they eat
insects.  The bad news is they die and provide food for insects.  They also
occasionally get caught in the sticky traps, which I really feel bad about.

In certain parts of our stacks, when the lights are off, you can sometimes
hear the geckos chirp.

Alan

*Alan P. Van Dyke*
Preservation Technician
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219
Austin, TX 78713-7219
P: 512-232-4614
www.hrc.utexas.edu

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Nicholas Moray Williams <
nicholas.willi...@ethoikos.it> wrote:

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> Hi Ann,
> It’s a small lizard, most likely a lacertid. I find a few wall lizards
> indoors
> every year in early spring before
> it gets warm outside. I suppose some of them wake from hibernation early
> and
> enter buildings in search of invertebrate prey and warmth. I don’t think
> they do
> any damage and will leave again if they are able to. They sometimes end up
> in
> our glue traps, which is a great pity. Their carcasses may attract
> dermestid
> beetles however.
> Nicholas
>
> Nicholas Moray Williams
> Biologist & collection curator
> Fondazione Ethoikos
> Convento dell'Osservanza
> I-53030 Radicondoli (SI)
> Italy
>
> Corbaiola Etho-Ecological Field Station
> Tel. ++39 0577 793055
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> > What is it? It is approx 3 inches in diameter.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Ann Shaftel
> > Currently advising in Himalayan monastery
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Re: [pestlist] circular

[Nicholas Moray Williams]

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Hi Ann,
It’s a small lizard, most likely a lacertid. I find a few wall lizards indoors
every year in early spring before
it gets warm outside. I suppose some of them wake from hibernation early and
enter buildings in search of invertebrate prey and warmth. I don’t think they do
any damage and will leave again if they are able to. They sometimes end up in
our glue traps, which is a great pity. Their carcasses may attract dermestid
beetles however. 
Nicholas

Nicholas Moray Williams
Biologist & collection curator
Fondazione Ethoikos
Convento dell'Osservanza
I-53030 Radicondoli (SI)
Italy

Corbaiola Etho-Ecological Field Station
Tel. ++39 0577 793055
www.ethoikos.it
www.ethoikos.myspecies.info

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> This was found on the floor of a Himalayan monastery storage room for sacred
> art treasures.
> What is it? It is approx 3 inches in diameter.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ann Shaftel
> Currently advising in Himalayan monastery
> 
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[pestlist] circular

[Ann Shaftel]

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This was found on the floor of a Himalayan monastery storage room for sacred 
art treasures.
What is it? It is approx 3 inches in diameter.

Thank you,
Ann Shaftel
Currently advising in Himalayan monastery




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