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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks. Interesting idea. No need for photos. Barbara On Aug 19, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Alex Roach wrote:
> 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Barbara > > We treated an Aboriginal scarred tree here recently. The tree was hollowed > out and had also been stored outdoors for a prolonged period. The tree was > about 4 yards long and 2-3 yards in diameter. The tree was sprayed inside and > out with a product called Perigen (it contains permethrin - a low-toxic > synthetic pyrethroid) using a pressure sprayer. It was allowed to dry for an > hour before another application was carried out. We also repeated the process > a week later. > > The treatment revealed that the tree had been home to all manner of bugs, > including silverfish, cockroaches and red-back spiders (these are similar to > your black widow spiders, if you gave them a gun). The subsequent application > didn't reveal any further insect activity. > > I can send photos of the treatment if you like? > > Best wishes > Alex > > Alex Roach > Heritage Pest Management > > On 20/08/2011, at 1:52 AM, Appelbaum & Himmelstein <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> A corporate client in Queens, NY, has a large sculpture (10 ft. high, 4 ft. >> in diameter) that is, to be blunt, a vertical hollow log with a "doorway" >> cut in one side. It was exhibited outdoors in the South for some number of >> years, and then was brought to New York but kept horizontal in a cradle in a >> space next to an unheated loading dock. Although there was substantial >> "old" insect damage at the top and bottom, no active infestation was visible >> until the piece was taken out of the cradle. I am told that there was >> recent damage in the areas that rested against the cradle. (I have not seen >> it yet.) >> >> Some samples of frass are being sent to me - I am told there are no dead bug >> bodies around, but that after a piece of white paper was left on the deck, >> frass appeared by morning. (I suspect that maintenance staff cleaned up >> without reporting anything.) >> >> The piece is now in a corporate lobby (nowhere near any other works of art). >> >> >> So here are my questions: >> Assuming that there is an infestation, is there any way to fix this other >> than fumigation under a tarp? I don't think there is anywhere to put it for >> long enough to do anoxia. >> At this point, does identification of the critter matter? >> Is there someone out there who can take on this job? I would be eternally >> grateful. >> >> UPDATE: I received a baggie of debris in the mail. It looks like crumbs of >> deteriorated wood to me - can't make out any frass, but I would be happy to >> send it to anyone willing to check it out. Maybe the reason they couldn't >> find bugs was that there weren't any. Obviously if there is an infestation, >> I want to do something about it, but it may be that there was water under >> the wood on the cradle and that freeze-thaw cycles resulted in rotting and >> crumbling of the wood, particularly where it wouldn't have an opportunity >> to dry out. >> >> Barbara Appelbaum >> >> >> Appelbaum & Himmelstein >> 444 Central Park West >> New York, NY 10025 >> 212-666-4630 (voice) >> 212-316-1039 (fax) >> [email protected] >> website: aandhconservation.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 subject put: >> "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. >> >> You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. >> To change to the DIGEST mode send an >> email to [email protected] with this command in the body: >> >> set mode digest pestlist >> >> Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] Appelbaum & Himmelstein 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 212-666-4630 (voice) 212-316-1039 (fax) [email protected] website: aandhconservation.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 subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. 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