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. ----------------------------------------------------------- There was also a good article on heat treatments in the WAAC Newsletter around 2000 or so. We recommend to people here (in the arid Southwest) to double bag small items with a thermometer and place them in a car in the sun during the summer. We have found this is particularly good for textiles infested with moths or dermestid beetles - the treatment time is not so long that it can cause damage and it often seems more effective than freezing. And, for small institutions without a budget for a freezer, it is a quick, affordable method to treat insect infestations.
M. Susan Barger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gretchen Anderson" <anders...@carnegiemnh.org> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:21:21 PM Subject: RE: [pestlist] heat treatment 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Barbara - Check Tom Strang's IPM article on CCI Website - in the 10 agents section. He has done a ton of research on it. For objects in general - use the same methodology as we do in freezing - Double bag - that will maintain the equal moisture content of the object. Heating can be used safely for many objects as long as none of the materials melt or deform at 130 degrees. Gretchen Anderson ________________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net [ad...@museumpests.net] on behalf of aa...@mindspring.com [aa...@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:32 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] heat treatment 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- For some reason, the "heat" part of the treatment section of Museumpests.net doesn't have any text attached. Can someone give me the rule-of-thumb requirements for heat treatment of infestations? Many thanks. Barbara Appelbaum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
