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In the ongoing commentary about the Brown Recluse in Oklahoma, fogging a crawlspace is very effective against all spiders. Either natural pyrethrum or synthetic pyrethroids are dynamite in this kind of situation. And in answer to Lou Sorkin's comments, yes, I have found Loxosceles rufescens in several locations in Philadelphia. I was sure they were L. rufescens, but I relied on Lou graciously positively IDing them. They are breeding populations. It seems they're located in the municipal underground steam lines to a variety of private and municipal buildings in center city Philadelphia and under the U. of Penn campus. I've trapped hundreds in several situations. These are not ones occasionally introduced; no, these are breeding populations. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Forrest St. Aubin <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 11, 2012 12:57 pm Subject: Re: [pestlist] Brown Recluse 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Let's start with two questions: 1.) What do they appear to be feeding on?; 2.) How are the spiders and prey getting inside? Most insecticides fail because the spiders do not actually come in contact with them. Fogging can be very effective, but fogging can be highly deleterious to objects and artifacts within the museum. The answer to the problem is to reduce or eliminate access for both spiders and prey by tightening the building up as much as possible. Forrest E. St. Aubin, BCE Liaison, ESA/NPMA Chair, ESA-ACE Oversight Committee 12835 Pembroke Circle - Leawood, Kansas 66209 Phone: 913.927.9588 - Fax: 913.345.8008 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saintaubinbce.com "The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so." - Mark Twain -----Original Message----- From: "John Timothy" [[email protected]] Date: 10/10/2012 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Brown Recluse 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- I have been monitering our museum using sticky traps spread every 10 feet throughout. A significant number of brown recluse spiders were caught, seventy in a two month period of time. Fishing for suggestions on other ways to control them besides sticky traps. I gather insecticides are largely ineffective. -- John Timothy Ataloa Lodge Museum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
