Re: [pestlist] Small brown beetle
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hi All, I thought Ryan's photo might be a drugstore beetle. I guess without the antennae one looks for the drugstore beetle's grooves along the wings, and I can't see any in Ryan's photo. Can folks suggest tips to distinguish Brown carpet beetle Attagenus smirnovi, from cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne and from Drugstore beetle Stegobium paniceum - - differences aside from the antenae? http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/stored/cigarette_beetle.htm Mary Baughman book conservator On Apr 18, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Jones, Robert (Ryan) rjo...@cwf.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Group,1963-6.jpg 1963-7.jpg Any takers on this little guy? He is quite ancient, and has been sucked through a vacuum….hence the lack of appendages that would likely help with ID. 5 millimeters, tops, in size. Tricorynus? Thanks in advance, Ryan Jones Integrated Pest Management Specialist Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 220-7080 rjo...@cwf.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com 1963-6.jpg1963-7.jpg -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] carpet beetles in books
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- I would freeze the boxes, in polyethylene bags, or wrapped in plastic, for at least 72 hours. Consider removing the felt lining and replacing it with archival board. Freezing parchment and vellum can be problematic. I would vacuum the books, seal each book in a polyethylene bag, and leave them for a month to see if anything eats through the bags. Most likely it is only the wool lining of the boxes that is infested. Mary Baughman Book Conservator Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O.Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone (512) 471-8635 or 471-9117 Fax (512) 471-7930 On Nov 14, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Sharlane Gubkin wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- We received a set of valuable vellum-bound books as a gift in our library that will be housed in Special Collections. The handmade boxes for each book are lined with wool felt. During our routine check of incoming gift items, we noticed some dead larvae of carpet beetles. While nothing was found alive, and I have seen no new frass on the cart where they are now stored, I was thinking of freezing them to be safe since we have access to a local freezer at the Natural history Museum, but do not know if this is OK for vellum. The books are not wet. I contacted Jerry Schiner from Keepsafe about anoxic treatment many times but never hear back! Is it safe to just vacuum the books? Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks! Sharlane Gubkin -- Sharlane Gubkin Preservation Officer Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 (216) 368-3465 -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] RE: beetle identification
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- I think it is an Odd Beetle larva. On Nov 8, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Anderson, Gretchen wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Yes that is definitely a dermestid larva – not sure specifically which kind. I also see a psocid on the trap indicating that you have some moisture in the area – the psocid is below and to the left of the speck of dirt. Some of the other debris on the trap (upper edge) kind of looks like larva that have been eaten by other bugs. How long do you leave your traps out? I have seen situations where a trap with dead things on it becomes the food source. The other question I have is how many dermestid larva are you seeing? 1 or 2 occasionally, 10 regularly or a whole bunch? The traps should be able to tell you where the worst of the problem is. I use a bodelin proscope – another digital microscope – for this kind of thing. If you are in the market it is worth checking into. http://www.bodelin.com/proscopehr Good luck, Gretchen Anderson Conservator Carnegie Museum of Natural History. From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Peterson, Elizabeth A Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:28 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] RE: beetle identification This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- I’ve managed to get a better image, I think. It’s attached. Thanks to all who’ve responded so far, and to Dave for the microscope info. Annie From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Ross, David Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 7:32 AM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: RE: [pestlist] RE: beetle identification This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hi Annie. I am enclosing a link for a digital microscope that I have found to be very useful for identifying pests. It’s a very versatile tool that will allow you to photograph and send seamlessly. www.dino-lite.com Dave Ross Vault and Holdings Officer Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre david.r...@bac-lac.gc.ca From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Appelbaum Himmelstein Sent: November-07-12 5:46 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] RE: beetle identification This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- The last pix I sent to the list were taken with a regular digital camera on zoom, and on a tripod - nothing special. Barbara Appelbaum On Nov 7, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Morgan, Amber wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Unfortunately, that image is too small to identify what you’ve got there. Is there a chance you could take a higher resolution image? You can send it to me off list if you want. I’m not an entomologist, but there are certain pests that I can confidently identify. From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Peterson, Elizabeth A Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:45 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] RE: beetle identification This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- The picture I linked to is just one that I know is a carpet beetle larva; I’ve now attached an image of one from my own trap, with the pest in question circled in red. It’s not a great image, so I don’t know how much it will help, but that’s what I’m looking at. I’ll try putting some traps in areas with more light and see if I catch any adults; my traps are mostly in dark corners now. Fluorescent lighting is the only source of light, the windows in the building were covered with plywood. I’ve found them in traps in various place throughout
[pestlist] Dermestid beetle bait for sticky traps
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hi All - Over this Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov. 21-26), in an effort to pinpoint a possible infestation, I will set out additional sticky blunder traps in a room where I noticed high numbers of Varied Carpet beetles and Odd Beetles, adults and larvae. The old traps in the room were replaced in October after being out for several months. The sticky blunder traps with high numbers of larvae were in the room's only two (sealed) window sills, which are just above the level of the floor. These additional Thanksgiving traps will be on the floor, adjacent to flat file cases and book shelves, in a grid pattern, all over the room. These additional traps will need to be picked up after just 5 days, so I want to put a bait in the traps to attract dermestid beetle larvae. The first thing I thought of is sliced turkey lunch meat; just a tiny sliver in each trap. Has anyone tried this? I'd love some tips! What do folks think of that bait choice? I hope the Museum Pest List community will have a suggestion for a cheap, easy to buy, not too disgusting bait to use. Thanks - Mary Baughman Book Conservator Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O.Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone (512) 471-8635 or 471-9117 Fax (512) 471-7930 -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] Vikane and Talstar P interactions with historic clothing/textiles
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hi Ms. Bloomfield, I agree with Emily Kaplan about freezing the materials. Protect trim pieces like plastic or shell buttons. You might consider what types of improvements to storage and circulation could prevent a repeat infestation. Mary Baughman Book Conservator Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O.Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone (512) 471-8635 or 471-9117 Fax (512) 471-7930 On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Bloomfield, Nicole (US) wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hello, I am the manager of a collection of about 10,000 pieces of vintage clothing (mostly wool and fur/leather) that are infested with moths. I am looking into the possibility of a low temperature treatment (freezing) of the collection in the NYC area. Freezing the collection will definitely be time consuming and expensive, although I believe it is possible. That said, it is a working collection, meaning the vintage is used as reference material and in heavy circulation (like a library book); e.g. constantly being handled by people all day without gloves. Because so many people rely on it on a daily basis, I am getting pressure from above to fumigate the entire thing. The fumigant the exterminator would like to use is Vikane, and then they would like to clean the entire collection room with Talstar P. My questions to you all are: · Will Vikane cause damage or change the appearance of the collection? (I know that it likely will, especially because of the wool, but wanted to double check) · Is it safe to fumigate the clothing with Vikane and then return the items to immediate handling by people? · Is it safe for me to be handling a collection on a daily basis (50 hrs/week) that has been fumigated with Vikane? · Is Talstar P a good choice for cleaning the shelving, walls, nooks and crannies with? · Is it safe for me to be confined in a room with poor ventilation that has just been treated with Talstar P? I have read the MSDS sheets for the chemicals and the JAIC article about Vikane from 1990, but still feel uneasy about the toxicity of the fumigants/pesticides that they would like to use. I want to be armed with as much information as possible to make this decision. I know this is a lot to ask all at once, and thank you all in advance for any advice you can offer. Best regards, Nicole This message and any attached documents contain information which may be confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission you are hereby notified that any distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality, privilege or exemption from disclosure as to this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete the message from your system. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] Webbing Clothes Moths and Gentrol?
This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Hi - I haven't researched this concern; anecdotal evidence is all I have to back up a suspicion: I wonder if elevators function like a bellows - pushing air up and down in the building. Is my concern unfounded? If there is truth to the bellows notion, I would prefer that any pesticide used in an elevator shaft be in a bait form that could not be pumped up and down - and out - as the elevator moves. Mary Baughman This is a message from the Museumpests 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. --- Denise - I think Gentrol would be a waste of chemical. Gentrol holds larvae in the larval state; it usually does not prevent eggs from hatching. The Alpine Dust would be a good choice as long as the elevator pit remains dry. Thomas A. Parker, PhD Pest Control Services, Inc. -Original Message- From: Denise Migdail dmigd...@asianart.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 3:12 pm Subject: [pestlist] Webbing Clothes Moths and Gentrol? This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.netpestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- After tracking and mapping webbing clothes moths for several months, we have pinpointed our elevator shaft as a primary source. It housed a gradual build up of debris from eight years of service, which when inspected did contain larvae. We are now looking at having the elevator shaft floor thoroughly cleaned and sprayed. Our facilities provider has suggested using Gentrol, but we have only found it referenced with regards to beetles in the literature. Any comments on the efficacy of Gentrol for webbing clothes moths would be appreciated. We are also considering using an insecticide/desiccant combination - such as PyGanic, or Alpine Dust (two suggested by our facility providers). Denise Migdail Textile Conservator Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Netpestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.netpestlist@museumpests.net 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 mailto:imail...@museumpests.netimail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email mailto:l...@collectionpests.coml...@collectionpests.com or mailto:l...@zaks.coml...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package
I shouldn't even comment - my GUESS is that you are looking at a pheromone trap for moths. Can anyone help identify the pesticide likely to be in the package shown in the attached image? Thanks, John John E. Simmons Museologica 128 E. Burnside Street Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010 mailto:simmons.jo...@gmail.comsimmons.jo...@gmail.com 303-681-5708 http://www.museologica.comwww.museologica.com and Adjunct Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum Art Gallery Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=IMG_0963 065 edited.jpg Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=IMG_0963 065 edited.jpg X-Attachment-Id: f_gjn6hcm20 Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:IMG_0963 065 edited.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (001090E7)
european insect images and lists [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum...
pretty - if you like this sort of thing: http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFOverview.cgi amazing lists and lists and sometimes a photo: http://www.galerie-insecte.org/systematique/system.php?liste=ListeColeoseq=15 Together these lists are pretty amazing. The German site has very detailed images. Mary Baughman 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 pestlist-members Thank you all for helping me in identifying the beetles. As you all tried to help me, I'd like to let you know what we find out. Yesterday we looked more closely at the beetles and the holes they are making in the wood - and we've even seen one of the beetles just trying to make a hole in the wood. As far as we know now, it is a wood-boring beetle and it must be a leperisinus varius. Amongst them, it could be, that we have a few Anthrenus (or something similar) - but they don't seem to be the ones of which we have thousands. And we don't have the beetles inside the display cases - except maybe one or two near a bird's nest - so this could be one of the few Anthrenus. But we have a lot more of the leperisinus varius. Thank you again and best regards from Switzerland Elisabeth Abgottspon -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] Im Auftrag von Jones, Lynn Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2010 16:49 An: pestlist@museumpests.net Betreff: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... 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. --- Thanks for the photos. The way the head is tucked at a right angle to the body, the clubbed antennae, the mottled elytra, and the piles of powder; I too agree these are not Anobium punctatum, nor are they Dermestids. I have no idea what they might be. Tom Parker From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin [sor...@amnh.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:45 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... 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. --- HI Tom, I received the images attached to the original inquiry/post: maybe AOL did something with the pictures. Lou Elisabeth - Apparently some of the members of the pest list had photos of the critters. I never received them. Birds nests often have Anthrenus in them, feeding on the feathers. I'd get rid of them. Some others have said you also have a wood-boring beetle. Would love to see the photos. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: E. Abgottspon e.abgotts...@ortsmuseum-kuesnacht.ch To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 9:49 am Subject: AW: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear Thomas Thank you very much for your fast answer! As I received a quite similar answer, I checked again the exhibition⤠and we also have 4 birdâ¤s nests. Iâ¤m just wondering how it comes that there are so many beetles just because of probably two birdâ¤s nests??? Will the bugs be a risk for the objects in our next exhibition or can I solve the problem in removing the nests? And it also seems that I have two different problems (bugs and worms). But are the worms in the wood in this case less â¤Ïdangerous⤦ for the room and the objects? I called now a firm which is specialised in eliminating pest problems⤠But Iâ¤m glad to have some help from museum-experts as well!! Thank you again and best regards from Switzerland Elisabeth Abgottspon Von: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] Im Auftrag von bugma...@aol.com Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010 14:09 An: pestlist@museumpests.net Betreff: Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Elisabeth - If they are indeed Anthrenus verbasci, they are NOT coming from the wood. They most likely are coming from the dead birds. Anthrenus larvae eat protein, i.e. the dead bird feathers, skins, and entrails. The adult beetles are attracted to light, hence they end up on the window sills and in the light fixtures. Remove the dead birds. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -Original Message- From: E. Abgottspon e.abgotts...@ortsmuseum
Re: [pestlist] dead zone to isolate museum from plantings
Hi Tom and other pest list folks, What is the optimal length of time to leave out a glue board, especially with regard to avoiding the creation of a lunch bar ? If you have limited resources and time to devote to monitoring (doesn't everyone) would it be best to just put out glue boards once a year and then pick them up at the end of that optimal time period ? Mary Baughman Book Conservator Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O.Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone (512) 471-8635 or 471-9117 Fax (512) 471-7930 Christine Ford - I noted in your response, you mentioned tons of spider beetles. Often spider beetles are generated from grain-based rodent baits and rodent feces. May want to scout around looking for old rodent bait. You are right on with old glueboards producing other pests, primarily carpet beetles. It is uncanny how adult carpet beetles can fly to a glueboard loaded with dead insects, lay eggs on the carcasses, then the larvae mature into adult beetles, which then either lay more eggs on the carcasses or fly off to infest artifacts and exhibits. All the while never seeming to get caught by the sticky trap! So the next time you see a pile of powder surrounding dead insects on your glueboards, carpet beetles are bellying up to the lunch bar. Thanks for your newsy note. I wholeheartedly agree; a vacuum cleaner is the number one IPM tool in any heritage collection storage and exhibition situation. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: chris_f...@nps.gov To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 10:32 am Subject: Re: [pestlist] dead zone to isolate museum from plantings This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.netpestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- We built a museum storage facility with a hot zone . . . about 12 with about 2 gravel held in place by 2x6 board on outside edge and I believe there is a barrier under the gravel to prevent vegetation growth. I think it helps. We also made sure all water coming off the rough is directed far away from the structure though gutters downspouts. We also created a hot zone around a historic structure in the middle of a cultural landscape . . . its just dirt without plantings . . . its more difficult to maintain as the vegetation comes in . . . we do spray this area with herbicides on occasion. There is another historic structure with historic furnishings that we have not done this with. We have been challenged for years in both of these historically furnished 1860s structures with museum pests - dermestids mostly - tons of spider beetles in one. I've not noticed a change and I don't believe monitoring has been able to show a change between when we didn't have the removal of veg from the perimeter or not. However, I think its still a good idea because at least when we look at the pest issues with experts in the field on how to best manage them . . . we can say that the perimeter is here. As opportunity allows, I would like to establish a hot zone around the other structure . . . will keep it very modest - 6 probably - to be able to help maintain the cultural landscape of a residential area. We don't let any tree limbs or bushes come into contact with the structure.. We screen openings, e.g. attic vents. And we monitor to see what is coming and going. And use an Integrated Pest Management approach . . . our best method is extensive housekeeping and being strict about a clean environment - no plants, food, drink that pest can feed on - eliminate clutter where they can harbor. Don't let sticky traps around so long that they become a lunch bar for more pests. I have come to peace with the fact that (similar to noxious weeds) we will never eliminate all museum pests at this site . . . we do our best to manage them below harmful thresholds. When we go above those thresholds, we start looking a some hard fixes . . . primarily chemical barriers. Feel free to call for more info - Chris Christine Ford Integrated Resources Program Manager Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS 266 Warren Lane Deer Lodge, MT 59722 406-846-2070 x242 406-846-3962 fax email: mailto:chris_f...@nps.govchris_f...@nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/grkowww.nps.gov/grko The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people, so that all may experience our heritage. - To send an email to the list, send your msg to mailto:pestl...@museumpests.compestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to mailto:imail...@museumpests.netimail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email mailto:l...@zaks.coml...@zaks.com
