Tom,
Types of museum infestations can amount to many depending on the
collections mediums, national and international contact. Are you suggesting
40+ or
so different pheromone traps to be up to speed as they are species specific,
though not all developed yet. Or has The Museum Trap been developed for all
Art pest across the board? If you considering placing specific species traps
you probably already suspect infestation and that is the time to trace the
source. I don't need 10, 20 or 40 insects in a trap to know there is a
problem.
Monitoring the Art and insect waste is much more effective than waiting for 1
to 4 times a year for pheromone traps to do there specific job.
Pheromone is great for agriculture and commercial applications where
standards need to be complied but for Art application I suggest not. At best
pheromone works 120 days a year during mating seasons. Species specific make
the process even more challenging, knowing when mating takes place for 40 or
so insects. Monitoring the Art is time better spent than toying with specie
specific traps. Yes, I am not up to your speed by choice.
Bill
ACI
In a message dated 8/8/2008 8:00:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bill -
Perhaps you should contact Insects Limited in the Indianapolis, the leader
in pheromone research, production, and implementation in many venues.
Perhaps you should get "up to speed" with your pheromone information.
Pheromones
are species specific. A pheromone for one species of moth will NOT attract
other moths, as you have stated: "It attracts many different moths, not just
clothes, webbing or casemaking moths." The pheromone for webbing clothes
moths
does NOT attract case-making clothes moths or any other species of moth for
that matter.
You are correct in stating pheromone traps should be used as a monitoring
approach, not a control approach. This is why others have indicated a variety
of techniques should be used for control once an infestation has been
discovered. Pheromone traps are very helpful in determining the origin of an
infestation so further investigation can pinpoint the source of the
infestation and
then implement sanitation and control measures.
Tom Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 4:45 pm
Subject: [pestlist] bugs
Thank you to all, pointing out my mistake; "pheromone is not good for you".
As I wrote below There are precautions however as stated on the labels.
Pheromone traps should never be used unless you intentionally want to
increase your insect population.
Baited traps have the ability to pull from the outside. Should you touch the
traps pheromone is not good for you.
Bill,
ACI
Pheromone was developed to monitor food warehouses in the 1950's for,
India Meal moth, Mediterranean Flour moth, Raisin moth, Tobacco moth,
Angounois
Grain moth. It was later found to work with Clothes moth and Webbing moth as
well as others. A good reason why I am against there use related to Art. It
attracts many different moths not just clothes, webbing or casemaking moths.
One person suggested the traps do not pull very far. I am not sure how
far and research has been difficult to find. But if pheromone traps were to be
placed by a door to a hallway leading to a cafeteria, loading dock or other
infested areas you can pull from outside the storage area.
Pheromone works during matting maybe once a year to 4 times a year
depending how long the infestation has been indoors. It works on the males
flying
around looking for females that are most likely stationary, on a food source.
One research reported traps collected about 45% of the males in a controlled
room. That still left plenty of males to continue the cycle. Before the
males reach the traps they may have already visited the females. One study
suggested there's communication between the male and female during the mating
cycle.
Pheromone traps are just to monitor as plain sticky traps are. I prefer
plain as it give me a better feel in locating an infestation. If a trap is
pulling from other areas it adds confusion in localizing the activity.
Should you touch the pheromone sticky part of the trap you can transfer
pheromone to handled objects, if not washed off correctly.
Pheromone traps are a monitoring device not a treatment.
Once again I apologize for my mistake. I answered the e-mail as I
was leaving for my mapping, the beginning of my radiation treatments. I wasn't
really focused on what I had said.
Bill
ACI
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