[pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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 all, Does anyone know how much food (hair. fur, skin cells, feather etc) a clothes moth larvae gets through from hatching to pupating? I'm working out how much edible 'debris' a human may drop whilst on the average museum visit and need to know how many moth larvae this will support. Thanks in advance Heather Thomas 3rd year BSc (Hons) Conservation Restoration London Metropolitan University. - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] FW: [OSG] FW: question about use of Vikane on collections
Thought I would forward this on to the pest list. Richard L. Kerschner Director of Preservation and Conservation Shelburne Museum PO Box 10, Route 7 Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-3348 x3361 rkersch...@shelburnemuseum.org From: osg-l-boun...@lists.stanford.edu [mailto:osg-l-boun...@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Riccardelli, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:53 AM To: os...@lists.stanford.edu Subject: [OSG] FW: question about use of Vikane on collections This message was sent directly to me by someone who doesn't have access to the OSG-L. I told her I'd post it for her. If anyone has thoughts, they should respond directly to Amanda Trum astreetert...@mt.gov as she will not be able to see any responses on the OSG-L. -cr Carolyn Riccardelli Associate Conservator Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028 Voice: 212.396.5498 * Fax: 212.570.3859 From: Trum, Amanda Streeter [ at...@mt.gov] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:51 PM To: Riccardelli, Carolyn Subject: question about use of Vikane on collections Hello Ms. Riccardelli, It was suggested that I contact the AIC Objects Specialty Group with my questions about the use of Vikane to treat pest-infested objects in our collection. Is it safe to use Vikane on objects that contain wool and leather (specifically chaps and saddles)? Are there specific temperature requirements in using it (like temp must stay above 45, etc.)? Is it necessary for staff to wear HEPA masks or take any special precautions when handling objects after they have been treated with Vikane? Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Amanda Trum Amanda Streeter Trum Collections Manager Montana Historical Society PO Box 201201, 225 N. Roberts Helena, MT 59620-1201 phone (406)444-4719 fax (406)444-2696 astreetert...@mt.gov --++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== osg-l mailing list os...@lists.stanford.edu https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/osg-l
Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits
Heather - When I give an IPPM lecture, I tell my audience a visitor drops 3 hairs and one fingernail per visit. WCM larvae will readily feed on the hair, but usually not the fingernails. Carpet beetles will feed on the fingernails. I know of nothing, which will damage collections, which will feed on skin cells. The public doesn't drop feathers. Generally I have found younger instars feeding on the debris in cracks between floor boards and bricks in a museum. Although I haven't seen it, I am assuming in a large public museum, there's enough protein debris for a WCM larva to complete its development and pupate utilizing the protein materials dropped by the public. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -Original Message- From: Heather Thomas call...@bulldoghome.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 12:21 pm Subject: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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 all, Does anyone know how much food (hair. fur, skin cells, feather etc) a clothes moth larvae gets through from hatching to pupating? I'm working out how much edible 'debris' a human may drop whilst on the average museum visit and need to know how many moth larvae this will support. Thanks in advance Heather Thomas 3rd year BSc (Hons) Conservation Restoration London Metropolitan University. - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits
Thanks for that Thomas. I thought that WCM would eat skin as they attack taxidermy specimens, leather and dried animal remains or is it only the fur, hair and feathers they eat? I'm starting to realise our collections would be a lot safer if we didn't let the public in the our museums. :-) On 29 Apr 2010, at 19:50, bugma...@aol.com wrote: Heather - When I give an IPPM lecture, I tell my audience a visitor drops 3 hairs and one fingernail per visit. WCM larvae will readily feed on the hair, but usually not the fingernails. Carpet beetles will feed on the fingernails. I know of nothing, which will damage collections, which will feed on skin cells. The public doesn't drop feathers. Generally I have found younger instars feeding on the debris in cracks between floor boards and bricks in a museum. Although I haven't seen it, I am assuming in a large public museum, there's enough protein debris for a WCM larva to complete its development and pupate utilizing the protein materials dropped by the public. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc.
[pestlist] ID help, please
We are finding these in traps in one Historic House. Tick marks on the side are .1 mm. Very tiny. Any suggestions as to who they might be? Thank you, Patty Patricia Silence Conservator of Museum Exhibitions and Historic Interiors The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation attachment: bug from chamber over dining room3.JPG
Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits
This is interesting, however, I'm wondering how many instances there are of collections becoming infested by clothes moth larvae while on display? I guess I've never heard of that, but I'd be interested to know if this is a frequent occurrence and a problem. We generally don't let the public in storage areas, and, in my limited experience, that is where the majority of these infestations occur. best, Molly Molly Gleeson Conservator of Archaeological and Ethnographic Objects San Diego, CA From: Heather Thomas call...@bulldoghome.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 12:42:12 PM Subject: Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits Thanks for that Thomas. I thought that WCM would eat skin as they attack taxidermy specimens, leather and dried animal remains or is it only the fur, hair and feathers they eat? I'm starting to realise our collections would be a lot safer if we didn't let the public in the our museums. :-) On 29 Apr 2010, at 19:50, bugma...@aol.com wrote: Heather - When I give an IPPM lecture, I tell my audience a visitor drops 3 hairs and one fingernail per visit. WCM larvae will readily feed on the hair, but usually not the fingernails. Carpet beetles will feed on the fingernails. I know of nothing, which will damage collections, which will feed on skin cells. The public doesn't drop feathers. Generally I have found younger instars feeding on the debris in cracks between floor boards and bricks in a museum. Although I haven't seen it, I am assuming in a large public museum, there's enough protein debris for a WCM larva to complete its development and pupate utilizing the protein materials dropped by the public. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc.
RE: [pestlist] ID help, please
Sorry, not .1mm, 1.0 mm! Patty From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Silence, Patricia Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:48 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] ID help, please We are finding these in traps in one Historic House. Tick marks on the side are .1 mm. Very tiny. Any suggestions as to who they might be? Thank you, Patty Patricia Silence Conservator of Museum Exhibitions and Historic Interiors The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Re: [pestlist] Clothes Moth Eating Habits
Hi Molly, I should make it clear that my moth problem is not in the collection but in the fabric of the building ( as far as I can deduce) I think the moths are living under the floors (it's an old building with gaps between boards and so stuff falls down there) Heather On 29 Apr 2010, at 21:08, Molly Gleeson wrote: This is interesting, however, I'm wondering how many instances there are of collections becoming infested by clothes moth larvae while on display? I guess I've never heard of that, but I'd be interested to know if this is a frequent occurrence and a problem. We generally don't let the public in storage areas, and, in my limited experience, that is where the majority of these infestations occur. best, Molly Molly Gleeson Conservator of Archaeological and Ethnographic Objects San Diego, CA
