If you had an infestation in the past you may not have contained it. Carpet beetle will hide under base boards, flooring and in walls where dust accumulates. The new carpeting and drapes should have been monitored before installation. Many new items come infested from manufacture, warehouses, shippers or from retail outlets. Diligence in cleaning is your best weapon. Others will offer solutions involving organic and inorganic chemicals, baited traps etc.... Some will help others will aggravate the problem. One solution, remove all the Art, anoxic treat and clean, heat the building and contents to 140 degrees. Bill ACI In a message dated 9/24/2009 12:25:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cgard...@mdah.state.ms.us writes:
This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- We have carpet beetles at one of our sites that has recently reopened. We thought we had it under control, but yesterday the curtains in one room were covered in larvae. What is the best way to treat carpet beetles and larvae for an entire building? The museum has three floors with artifacts on all three floors. So far the problem is contained to the reproduction carpet and curtains and has not bothered the few textiles on exhibit. Thanks for any advice. -- Cindy Gardner Director of Collections, Museum Division Project Liaison, Museum of Mississippi History Mississippi Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6901 Facsimile: 601/576-6815 Email: cgard...@mdah.state.ms.us ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
