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Hi Sharlane Talk about serendipity. I had just set the attached to a museum person who had requested it last week. Went to check my aol account and found your email. So here's my version for your files. It is based on more than 15 years of experience with bed bugs in non-museum environments. Cheers, George George Rotramel, PhD Consulting Entomologist Rotramel Technical Services -----Original Message----- From: Sharlane Gubkin <s...@case.edu> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2016 7:27 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] Bed bug policies & procedures for museums? This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to thislist send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look atthe footer of thisemail. ----------------------------------------------------------- They (bedbugs) can be present in upholstered chairs, as they have been in our library. On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 1:55 PM, bugman22 <bugma...@aol.com> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Britta - Bed bugs must suck blood in order to grow and produce eggs. Obviously in a museum setting, bed bugs won't have an opportunity to suck blood from a host. There may be a random bed bug dropped by some visitor. It would be nothing to get excited about. Good housekeeping and vacuuming should do the trick. However, an employee locker room may have more than a couple of bed bugs if some employee's home is infested. They may repeatedly bring in bed bugs to the locker room. This may require some sensitive investigative work to identify the source. It may also require a professional pest management firm to treat the entire locker room and all the lockers. If the source is not identified, the locker room will once again become infested. The final situation is a cloak room for visitors. Here too a random bed bug may ride in on someone's coat. Except for the bad publicity, if were noticed by a visitor, this incident will not result in an infestation. I know of no official policy of an institution for referral. Sorry. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Arendt, Britta <are...@chicagohistory.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 12:01 pm Subject: [pestlist] Bed bug policies & procedures for museums? This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to thislist send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look atthe footer of thisemail. ----------------------------------------------------------- I recently started a position in Chicago, a city that has a history of bed bug infestations (as many large cities do). As the IPM coordinator at my museum, I’m wondering if others have developed any policies/procedures to limit potential infestations, to monitor bed bugs specifically, and to respond to identified infestations. I’ve already learned quite a bit about identifying them in the museum environment, so I’m hoping to gain knowledge about what to do if one is found. Feel free to respond to me off-list. Many thanks, Britta Britta Keller Arendt Senior Collection Manager (312) 799-2065 direct, (312) 799-2365 fax are...@chicagohistory.org Chicago History Museum 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60614-6038 http://www.chicagohistory.org P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Subscribe to the Museum Blog Like us on Facebook Follow @ChicagoMuseum on Twitter See Chicago History in Pictures on Tumblr Repin us on Pinterest Watch us on YouTube ------------------------------------------------------------- Tounsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and inthe body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.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 -- Sharlane Gubkin Preservation Officer Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 (216) 368-3465 ------------------------------------------------------------- Tounsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and inthe body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.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
A Model Bed Bug Management Policy for Museums.pdf
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