Hi Liz, There is some good information on monitoring posted on the MuseumPests.net website: https://museumpests.net/monitoring-introduction/
The spacing for pheromone monitoring traps is based on the insect pest, the attractiveness of the pheromone, whether the insect can fly as well other environmental conditions. If you are talking about un-baited sticky traps (blunder traps), then you want a trap that sits flat on the ground that is butted up against the wall. Initially start out by placing a trap on either side of the doors leading into the area that you are monitoring (This tells you whether or not insects are entering through those doors). Within the room, you can start with a trap in each of the corners as insects tend to accumulate in corners. How many traps that you place along any long length of wall should be based on the susceptibility of the materials being stored there. Dee brought up good points in her email when she said that she places more traps in the textile storage areas than she might in ceramic storage areas. The more traps that you place out, the more information that you have to assist you in making educated decisions, but the number of traps has to make sense in what you are able to check on a regular basis. Pat Kelley ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Elizabeth Marsden <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:41 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [pestlist] How many monitoring traps? [EXTERNAL] HI everyone, I am reviewing our IPM monitoring procedures and I am wondering if there is an optimum number of sticky traps we should be using. What are other people doing? Is there a particular ration, per square metres or something that people use when ordering supplies? Thanks in advance, Liz Elizabeth Marsden Collections & Archives Manager | College of Design & Social Context | RMIT University P +61 3 9925 2689 | M +61 468 618 118 -- 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/SYBPR01MB42011399804E77A850309423B4650%40SYBPR01MB4201.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2fSYBPR01MB42011399804E77A850309423B4650%2540SYBPR01MB4201.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,7HULs3EaIyXBk6T-6ZTAM5TcURsTbcnWzTHzYULS9KhES1yOL8KqWfWbRbQPmnRbehMY3K09r8W23fsgLia0-6WZyivQDTGU0IrwVVXV7uitKI7nAGBIp9Q,&typo=1>. -- 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/CY4PR1401MB1912C88E4DDE4161D92CA79BF8650%40CY4PR1401MB1912.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
