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Adrienne, Take a look at the MuseumPest.net website for more suggestions on prevention - they are a great resource. Nicole Nicole Grabow Senior Objects Conservator and Preservation Conservator Midwest Art Conservation Center 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 (612)870-3129 [email protected] *The Midwest Art Conservation Center is a non-profit regional center for the preservation and conservation of art and artifacts providing treatment, education, and training for museums, historical societies, libraries, other cultural institutions as well as public and private clients.* On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Louis Sorkin <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes, you are correct. Book lice. Environmental issues and it is helpful to > control humidity levels. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:pestlist-owner@ > museumpests.net] *On Behalf Of *Adrienne Dastgir > *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [pestlist] possible book lice ? > > > > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am new to this email list and new to my job only been at it a few > months. I work at small cultural center/museum in Oklahoma part of my job > is to check pest traps. I have had classes in entomology but it has been a > long time so I do not remember everything. On Tuesday I found several of > these insects in a sticky trap. My first thought was booklice. They looked > like the pictures that I found on online. If they are booklice can someone > give me tips on controlling them and eliminating them. I know I need to > control the humidity and get artifacts off the bottom shelves but what else > can I do and have others that work with the Archives do? > > I have attached some pictures of them. They are not that great of pictures > hopefully someone will be able to identify them. We do not have a camera > that will hook up to dissection microscope. > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > Adrienne Dastgir > > Conservation Technician > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > [email protected] and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > [email protected] and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email [email protected]
