This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- The typical action of Diatomaceous Earth is absorption of lipids from the insect (arthropod) cuticle which allows moisture to escape and eventual dehydration (but it takes time and can’t become caked, not powdery, in order to work) and death. It is also abrasive, but it’s not really an ingested poison as is boric acid. Dry boric acid powder is also somewhat abrasive to the arthropod exocuticle.
From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Sharlane Gubkin Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 12:00 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] pestlist question This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I use "sticky traps" which you can find on the Internet,with no poisons or pheromones. I place them along the edges of the walls and in dark places where I have seen them before.You can purchase them with pheromones or without. The traps that catch the highest number of silverfish will give you a better idea of the general areas where they are coming from. Silverfish like heat, moisture and high humidity, but I have seen them proliferate in a cooler room with 53% humidity. There are other treatments such as a powder/dust called Diatomaceous Earth that can be applied in cracks and along the baseboards that they ingest and then causes their dehydratation and death, but some types have reportedly been linked to cancer. Also Boric Acid can be used. I wouldn't use any of these around children or pets. I am not an entomologist I hope others provide you with additional feedback. If you do treat an area, you need to change and regularly check the sticky traps to see if the treatment worked or if they start up again later. Good luck! Here is general information about about silverfish: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1018.html http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/publications/epubs/eee_00005.cfm Some Internet sources for non-poisonous sticky traps: http://www.saferbrand.com/store/insect-control/m256 http://www.bellenvironmentalstore.com/cittrial12.html Boric Acid Treatment Products for Silverfish: http://www.amazon.com/Dekko-Silverfish-Packs/dp/B001QXFAFK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344345197&sr=8-1&keywords=silver+fish+trap http://www.amazon.com/Answer-360-Boric-Acid-Insecticidal/dp/B000HMCAAO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1344345949&sr=8-6&keywords=silver+fish+trap Best, Sharlane Gubkin On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:21 AM, suneel joshi <suneelpjo...@gmail.com<mailto:suneelpjo...@gmail.com>> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- May I know how would one monitor silverfish/firebrat infestation. May be some sort of traps are available, pheromone or otherwise. Suneel Joshi On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Sharlane Gubkin <s...@case.edu<mailto:s...@case.edu>> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- The place where the art work originally came from needs to be treated/monitored for silverfish or else the item will just be re-infested upon its return from treatment. They just love corrugated cardboard! Sharlane Gubkin On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Rosa Lowinger <rlowin...@rosalowinger.com<mailto:rlowin...@rosalowinger.com>> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I have a question about fumigating a work of art made out of corrugated cardboard. The piece is a chair by architect Frank Gehry and it has silverfish. Freezing? Anoxia? Is one better than the other for these critters? I would think freezing might be damaging to the cardboard but I'm not sure. 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