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Yes, speaking at one of the bed bug seminars. > Louis -- > I would appreciate a copy of your publication when it is complete. > Will you be at ESA - San Diego? > > Forrest E. St. Aubin, BCE > Liaison, ESA/NPMA > Chair, ESA-ACE Oversight Committee > 12835 Pembroke Circle - Leawood, Kansas 66209 > Phone: 913.927.9588 - Fax: 913.345.8008 > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: www.saintaubinbce.com > > "If you only do what you know you can do - you never do very much." > Tom Krause > Motivational speaker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Louis Sorkin" [[email protected]] > Date: 10/06/2010 03:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pestlist] Treatment for bedbugs found in bound materials > > This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > In reference to the first post, most recent research states that: > 118dF for 20 minutes kills adults and 49 minutes at that temperature for > eggs. At 122dF eggs killed almost right away- adults and nymphs obviously > also die. > Packtite is a heating system that will get up to 140dF or more. It is a > portable system basically designed at first for luggage. There is a rigid > metal wire shelf base on legs. Heater mounted beneath. Timer plug from > 1/2 hour to 8 hours and comes with a temperature probe (you can add as > many as you like) to inform you about the temp at a certain location > within the material you are heating. > > Freezing is an option, too, although keeping them at -30dF for a few hours > didn't do much and they woke up after thawing. A longer period of a few > days will work as will freezing, thawing, freezing. > > I've worked on one project where thousands of books were argon > treated/anoxic treatment. Also in commercial ventures and Vikane > (sulfuryl fluoride) was used. Spot heat treating in a box composed of > insulation board (8'x8'x4') and also heat treating homes, apartments, etc. > > I am supposed to be speaking at the upcoming Museumpests.net Integrated > Pest > Management Working Group, (IPM-WG) and am preparing a page on bed bugs for > the museumpests.org site. > > >> Colleagues, >> >> I am trying to work on a procedure for treating bound paper materials >> that have bedbugs. We haven't had any confirmed sightings yet in > materials, but considering our State-wide problem I fear it is just a > matter of time. I've seen plenty of good information related to > facilities, but not a lot related to caring for books that have been > affected. The most common quick quip is that they should be "cooked" at > temperatures around 140 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 hours. I've not seen any > indication what they are being cooked in. There is a device called > Packtite that gets some mention on blogs, but not on any >> conservation/preservation sites. NEDCC, LOC, and Lyrasis sites don't > have anything yet either. From what I've read freezing apparently doesn't > kill the egg stage. My concern right now is the general > circulating collection, so freezing might be the only option for > rare/unique materials.... >> >> >> >> Has your institution started tackling this question? Any help would > be >> appreciated! >> >> >> Holly Prochaska >> Head, Preservation Services >> University of Cincinnati Libraries >> Tele:513-556-1389 >> Fax:513-556-0325 >> >> >> > > > -- > 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: [email protected] > > The New York Entomological Society, Inc. > email: [email protected] > web: www.nyentsoc.org > Online journal from 2001 forward > www.BioOne.org > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > [email protected] and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email [email protected] -- 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: [email protected] The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: [email protected] web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email [email protected]
