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Insley On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:04 AM, <[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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Insley - > > The basement from which these items came had an infestation of > subterranean termites. Once they were removed from the basement, that > was the end of the activity. You're left with damage and lots of soil. > Termites wall themselves off in humidity-controlled chambers and tubes by > glueing soil grains together. The workers make trips back and forth to the > soil to bring soil grains up to their workings. This situation is NOT > active and there is no cause for doing any treatment, except of course, > cleaning the materials. > > Tom Parker > -----Original Message----- > From: I Julier <[email protected]> > To: pestlist <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 10:33 am > Subject: [pestlist] pest id question > > 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, > I just started work at a very small museum with archival collections. > When I arrived, I came across an accession which was previously stored in > the basement of a large wooden structure (by the donor), and is/was? > clearly infested with some sort of insect. This infestation and the > ensuing damage occurred prior to the museum taking custody of the records. > I am wondering if someone can tell me from the photos what I am dealing > with? > > What I believe is frass, appears as brown specks, which are adhered to the > paper, but there is also granular, sand-like material in the envelopes in > which the material is stored. > > It's difficult to tell if this is all frass or if the material is just > really dirty, which is also possible. > > It is also hard for me to tell what might be frass and what might be > eggs. I've found a few specks which appear to have web-like material > attached and in the interior fold of one item, spider-web-like material. > > I've also found what appear to be shells/exoskeletons shed by insects, or > possibly merely the remnants of dead insects. Unfortunately, my camera > doesn't have a high enough resolution to get a good picture of this. > > I'm trying to figure out first what I am dealing with so that I can then > decide how to treat the materials. I'm an archivist by training and this > is my first time dealing with any major pest issue. > > I stumbled upon a powerpoint of insect frass online and the closest thing > I could find was termites, since they excrete dirt as well as whatever else > they are munching on. Is it possible that this is termite damage? > > I'm attaching some photos. Sorry for the poor quality! > > Thank you for any assistance you can provide! > Insley > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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] 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]
