Bernice, Contact some food processing facilities in the Philly region and ask them about their pest control service contractors. The Food Safety Modernization Act requires a proactive approach to pest management, so monitoring is very big in that industry. And it matters where in a facility pests were detected, so they should be used to providing that kind of data. Also, if you monitor for rodents, ask contractors if they use electronic rodent monitoring devices...they provide real-time data regarding when and where a catch was made.
--Dan Dan Wixted Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) Cornell University Ph (607) 255-7525 204 Rice Hall FAX (607) 255-3075 Ithaca, NY 14853 psep.cce.cornell.edu<http://psep.cce.cornell.edu/> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Morris, Bernice Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] pest monitoring contractor Has any one used an outside contractor to do your pest monitoring? Our museum has a robust IPM policy and system in place, but we are struggling to find staff time to carry out the trap checks. We had a contract for a couple of years with a large national pest control company, but found the data format did not meet our needs: for example they could tell us how many moths were found over the entire institution but breaking that data down into rooms and traps required a huge amount of processing on my end. I noticed that Steritech has merged with Rentokil—has anyone had any positive experiences with them? Anyone else? Thanks! Bernice Bernice Morris Associate Conservator of Costume and Textiles t 215-684-7579 f 215-684-7550 Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646 www.philamuseum.org<http://www.philamuseum.org> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Majors, Gennifer Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 2:11 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [pestlist] Re: Tiny Moths? Hi Alison, I believe I've found some similar moths in my IPM rounds, and so would also be glad if anyone else knows what they are! I'm sure you've come across this before, but it's new to me and -while a bit overwhelming at times- has been a great help for identifying some of the weirder moths I've come across: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Moth&flags=HAS: Thanks, Gennifer Majors On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 8:35 AM alison_castaneda <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If anyone has an idea of what these are, I would be very interested to know. Thank you all in advance! Alison Castaneda Associate Conservator Museum at FIT On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 5:12:03 PM UTC-4, alison_castaneda wrote: Hello all, We found these small (~1/8") insects in a blunder trap placed in an office. The office is on the 3rd floor of our Manhattan location. Can anyone help me identify them? Your responses are greatly appreciated! Best, Alison Castaneda Associate Conservator Museum at FIT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/cdf1b38d-fdea-4183-959c-67b183c9c0d0%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/cdf1b38d-fdea-4183-959c-67b183c9c0d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAA9omnvF_k7%3DBW%3Di_QGKi32PyA7Oqn%3D7ffSDSsL0GGPjQZjadQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAA9omnvF_k7%3DBW%3Di_QGKi32PyA7Oqn%3D7ffSDSsL0GGPjQZjadQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/04a20dc071084c928f8da31bd096c271%40philamuseum.org<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/04a20dc071084c928f8da31bd096c271%40philamuseum.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BN7PR04MB37934FE9170664AC3750AB08AFBD0%40BN7PR04MB3793.namprd04.prod.outlook.com.
