This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Follow IPM procedures. Monitor the space and clothing to identify the infestation. See if you can determine if there is a localized area where they are prevalent. Treat the clothing (freeze or heat according to protocols listed on museumpest.net web site, for non collections clothing dry cleaning is good). Clean storage room and containers. Continue to monitor to make sure that you have the infestation under control. Locating the infestation - all of it - and good housekeeping will be key.
Good luck! Gretchen Anderson Conservator Carnegie Museum of Natural History ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- You must encapsulate susceptible items in polyethylene. Carpet beetles will not chew their way through it in order to lay eggs on your garments. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Anne Lane <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 1:53 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. I guess. We don't really want to have carpet beetles, either. Any suggestions on how to get rid of them in a really porous building with no facilities to isolate anything? I think the first step we'll take is to send all these cloaks out to be dry-cleaned, but if the lil boogers have gotten into any collections areas, what can I do? Anne Anne T Lane, Collections Manager The Charlotte Museum of History where history has a home 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte NC 28215 704-568-1774 X110 Fax - 704-566-1817 [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Anne - If it were webbing clothes moths and newer damage, you'd see silken tubing. If it were case-making clothes moths, you'd see what looks like cocoons and lots of frass. I doubt if you have either. Neat holes in protein-based materials are probably being caused by carpet beetle larvae. They often "hit and run". Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Anne Lane <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 10:55 am Subject: [pestlist] Clothes Moths? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello - I am seeing some fairly neat holes in our collection of wool docents' cloaks, and some bits of fairly new wool embroidery neatly grazed off some linen pockets. No frass, no webbing, and so far no sign of the little fluttery critters. Could this be case-making clothes moths? We can freeze, or heat, the items, but how do I keep this from spreading to the rest of my collection? How do I even tell if these are case-making clothes moths? Are there are pheromone traps available for them? The items in qestion are stored on an open rack in an office along with a bunch of other costumes, mostly linen and other cellulosic fibers, some polyester. No signs of damage there. 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