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There are also electronic "ears" used in auto (car) repairs, but, of course, if the insect isn't crawling and scratching and eating, then you will not hear much at all as Cathy already pointed out. Can you tell us which "powderpost" beetle you are dealing with? > > > Hi Katie > > I've used it - but don't recommend it because it only works if the larvae > are actively feeding - otherwise they could be present, but you would hear > nothing. > > Cathy > > > In a message dated 5/21/2010 2:12:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > kfis...@glenbow.org writes: > > > Hi, > My name is Katie Fisher and Iâm the new Pest Control Technician at the > Glenbow Museum. I just wanted to ask a somewhat out-there question > regarding > the detection of wood borers⦠this museum has been battling Powderpost > Beetles for quite a while. Every 5 or so years a new wave will appear, a > large-scale treatment process will happen (phosphene), but it just > doesnât seem to > be effective in getting rid of the Powderpost population. > Since it takes years for them to exit the wood, I feel like Iâm > somewhat > just twiddling my thumbs in the meantime, wondering if the last treatment > did the trick. A friend suggested that I might be able to use a > stethoscope > to hear the larva inside the wood⦠does anyone do this, to detect > woodborers? Does anyone think it would be at all effective in hearing > them? > Cheers, > Katie > Katie Fisher > Pest Control Technician > Glenbow Museum > 130-9th Avenue S.E. > Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3 > Tel (403) 268-4235 > Fax (403) 265-9769 > > > > > > > > Catharine Hawks > Conservator > 2419 Barbour Road > Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA > t/f 703.876.9272 > mobile 703.200.4370 > -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
