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This looks like borer damage. Some borers can cause extensive to books. Does the frass have a gritty feel to it (like hour-glass sand)? Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 19/09/2012, at 9:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf <[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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Alex, > > Here is a picture of the cover of a photo album that an insect or different > insects have eaten. I think it happened several years ago when the collection > was stored somewhere else. It seems to be a problem with cardboard covered > albums and old books, but they go through paper and photos to > > Thanks for you help, > > Regards, > > Melissa > > > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:36:12 +1000 > To: [email protected] > > 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 Melissa > > 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 [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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 [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alex > Roach > Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 > To: [email protected] > 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 [email protected] > 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 <[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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > > <Album Insect Damage.JPG> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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