When a glueboard is placed flat on the floor, silverfish will crawl under it and feed on the cardboard. I've seen them eat all the printing off the underside of the glueboard. Tom Parker In a message dated 1/22/2020 3:17:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Joel, I've never heard of placing traps like this for silverfish. Why is it better than the regular method? Alan Alan Van Dyke Senior 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 Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 2:03 PM Voron, Joel <[email protected]> wrote: We have a house that was reinsulated in the 20's and they uses seaweed and silverfish love it. I would not panic just yet....I would place out traps ( cut the sticky part out of sticky traps and use pennies on all four corners and one in the middle stuck to the glue and place it pennies down) somewhere nice and dark where no one will step on it....if there are silverfish there they will find it and you will know if it is a random one off or if there is a major problem. Are people bringing cardboard or paper bags into the structure? any recent paper or book acquisitions.....movement of files from another building? Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail [email protected] From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Stepping Stones Archives <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:57 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps Hi Joel, No, I do not. What is the importance of seaweed here? Lexi Echelman Archives and Collections Coordinator Stepping Stones – Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson, respective cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon Family Groups 62 Oak Road Katonah, NY 10536 [email protected] (914)-232-4822 Website: http://www.steppingstones.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BillWHome Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwhome?lang=en On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 2:57 PM Voron, Joel <[email protected]> wrote: Do you know if seaweed was used as insulation in this home? Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail [email protected] From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of ssfaandc <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:49 PM To: Museumpests <[email protected]> Subject: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps Hi All, I have reason to believe this is a silverfish, and I found it in the archive in a corner. The trap is not directly near paper, but there is a lot of paper-based historic materials in that room. First, is this a silverfish like a think it is? Next, what should I do in terms of notifying my supervisors and what are the best practices for next steps? Should a professional pest management company come in to inspect the space. I only found one silverfish, so does that mean there is an infestation or only a small amount (which is still problematic but not as big a cause for alarm). I look forward to hearing from you all. 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