Melissa, I’d recommend that the crack be sealed. If there’s a delay, then deploy a line of insect glue traps indoors around the crack to interdict any ants entering. Have your pest control vendor treat outdoors as soon as possible. Rich
Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: <[email protected]> on behalf of "Dawn, Melissa" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 at 5:36 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [PestList] ants in collections area We have noticed a larger than usual number of ants entering a collections area from a crack under an exterior door. The best IPM solution is clearly to request this crack be sealed, but until this repair can be made, is it a danger to the collection to place ant bait traps inside the collections area beside this door? (The artifacts stored in this area are primarily furniture, vehicles, and equipment.) If traps are not harmful, what type of a trap would be best, and what type should be avoided? Also, would it endanger the collection if facilities sprayed for ants on the exterior of the building? We could buy a recommended product, but these are the traps our janitorial staff currently have available for non-collections areas: 1) Terro Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with 5.4% Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate aka Borax) and 2) Raid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with .01% Avermectin B1). Thank you for any feedback, Melissa Melissa Dawn Assistant Registrar Division of the Humanities Museum of the Rockies [email protected] 406.994.2242 600 West Kagy Blvd. Bozeman, MT 59717 -- 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/MWHPR02MB322965DB3497A328F502E52588229%40MWHPR02MB3229.namprd02.prod.outlook.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_MWHPR02MB322965DB3497A328F502E52588229-2540MWHPR02MB3229.namprd02.prod.outlook.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=gMSSLxkJ5Betl5INYP42LiNKLUC9g-RcFFbaaV5BEUw&s=8uNEeC850292VvmrRZ0bkAnrkh7CxlKtnuj27snGEHM&e=>. -- 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/4F9BFE6B-B9CE-4684-A6D9-C336280FC305%40harvard.edu.
