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The photos haven't come through. Can you retry? Best wishes Alex On 18/09/2012, at 8:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf wrote: > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Tony and Alex, > > Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it > to the presentations I'm making. > > We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a > lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable > in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. > > I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate > some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. > > Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. > > Thanks again, > > Melissa > > From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi Melissa > Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : > 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) > 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) > 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) > > None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is > likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that > if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might > thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best > defence. > > Best wishes > > Tony Irwin > > Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, > Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. > Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex > Roach > Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Melissa > > I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find > large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. > > Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific > name for them. The list is: > 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) > 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) > 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) > 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) > 5) Wasp > 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) > 7) Fly > 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) > 10) Spider > 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are > attracted to light. > > I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some > of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. > > Best wishes > Alex > > > Alex Roach > Heritage Pest Management > > On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf <mneid...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello pest list, > > We are working at the Tonga Traditions Committee (TTC) in Nuku’alofa, the > capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. We have an historical archive with mostly > paper and photographic material. There are also textiles, wood and metal > items. > > An Integrated Pest Management Plan was introduced July 2011 and we have > happily caught too many insects to count. Given the tropical climate, a > building that is not sealable, the vast array of insects and pests, and the > limited resources here, we have been very successful in reducing the number > of insects week by week using what is available - a can of Mortein surface > spray and black plastic small square cockroach bait holders and > squashing/removing them. We have rodent traps, sticky traps, cleaning, waste > removal and ongoing inspections and awareness training. Our archive is air > conditioned which is the best deterrent for tropical insects and pests, but > power outages occur and can go for days or weeks especially in cyclone > (hurricane) season. > > I have been training the staff in IPM, insect capture, ID and which type of > insects cause what damage to paper, photos textiles etc. I now I am hoping > that some people on Pest list have time/inclination to help us add in more > accurate information. I’ll be putting together a powerpoint for ongoing > training of staff here and other record keeping/archives/museums in Tonga, so > any information given will be shared around. > > If any one has the time, we’d be most grateful to find out more about our > insects/pests and what specific damage they do to collections. > I have attached 10 photos and here are the file titles to make it easier to > respond. There are more varieties than this, but these are the main ones, > some files are different angles for id. > > Also, If there is any one else on this list from the Pacific or other island > states, I’d love to hear from them as well. > > Regards, > Melissa Neidorf > Tonga Traditions Committee > PO BOX 6, Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga > > Wk: +676 26644 > Mobile: +676 776279 > > 1. Insects at TTC 002 Molokau (Like a centipede) > 2. Insects at TTC 008 Cockroach > 3. Insects at TTC 009 Mokomoko (a type of Lizard) > 4. Insects at TTC 010 Mokomoko > 5. Insects at TTC 012 Wasp > 6. Insects at TTC 017 > 7. Insects at TTC 022 Blue Fly > 8. Insects at TTC 026 Moth > 9. Insects at TTC 028 Moth > 10. Insects at TTC 033 Spider minus 2 legs > 11. Insects at TTC 034 Brown Bug (cockroach?) > 12. 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