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 Derya, We have been advised to do this, and find it a bit daunting, as well. The compelling particulars included finding adult powder-post type critters, who fly away as they emerge . Given a large collection of architectural fragments inspection is nearly impossible to find new-looking holes. We are skeptical that the adults would come across a stumble trap. I don't think Ryan has found a lot of time to do this and our filter-changing schedule covers dozens of sites - and is managed by a team that doesn't have a simple or direct way of telling us that dirty filters are ready to look at and then get hauled to the dumpster - clearly we don't have a place to leave them sitting around. I would love to get an entomologist's thoughts on this. Patty
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of derya gölpinar Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] pests in HVAC filters 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 Everybody, I was wondering if any of you check your HVAC filters for pests. The idea has come up - when our pest control vendor mentioned that insects can travel through HVAC systems and get from one part of the museum to another. Does checking the filters give us a random sample of what might be around the museum? Or is it overkill to look at these? Have any of you actually done this? Our facilities staff gave me a used filter to look at today and it is pretty large, I couldn't really think of a practical way to check them for insects without having it take up a lot of my time. best, Derya Assistant Registrar Rubin Museum of Art ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
