Hi Joel, Thank you for the advice. This treatment has been done weekly for several weeks now. It has not made an improvement in our situation and the plant company wants to try something else.
Best, Joanna Baker Registrar and Collection Manager *The Kreeger Museum* 2401 Foxhall Road, NW Washington, DC 20007 410-271-8949 On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:55 AM Voron, Joel <[email protected]> wrote: > 1/4 cup of murphy's oil soap to 1 gallon of cool water in a garden > sprayer. spray undersides of leaves as well as they hide and lay eggs > there. Make sure this is not done in full sunlight. Spray the top of soil > lightly. spray to almost point of run off. JTV > > > Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > Conservation Dept. > Integrated Pest Management Specialist > Office 757-220-7080 > Cell 757-634-1175 > E-Mail [email protected] > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of > collectionmanager <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:52 AM > To: MuseumPests > Subject: [PestList] Beneficial insects near artwork > > [CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Foundation. Do not > click links, open attachments or take action unless you know the contents > are safe] > Hello, > > My art museum has an enclosed atrium with tropical plants in the center of > the galleries. Unfortunately, during the last replanting, it became > infested with mites. Several fairly benign methods have been employed to > get rid of them by our plant care company, to no avail. They want to use > beneficial insects that eat the mites, specifically Amblysaius andersori. > > Does anyone have experience with beneficials in museums? Is there any > possibility of damage to artwork (paintings, sculpture and works on paper) > if these insects were to somehow get out into the galleries? > > Any advice would be highly appreciated! > > Best, > Joanna Baker > Collection Manager and Registrar > The Kreeger Museum > > -- > 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/1c4dfc96-ae8d-4535-9ad6-084427aa11a9n%40googlegroups.com > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/1c4dfc96-ae8d-4535-9ad6-084427aa11a9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/pestlist/0uwH-gwo784/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR20MB31203537CCDDE94CAE1DABA6DCA29%40MN2PR20MB3120.namprd20.prod.outlook.com > . > -- 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/CAEoC%3D6ZLH35uiFJf-tp1Fap0nBAVUxuJtSUVkOdUXAamvreshg%40mail.gmail.com.
