RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-02 Thread Macqueen, Joan Mary
Thank you for this information I found it most helpful Mary Mary Macqueen Wakefield Council Conservation & Collections Officer 01924 262717 jmmacqu...@wakefield.gov.uk The WMDC Disclaimer can be found at: http://www.wakefiel

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Del Re, Christine
2011 Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Sorry for the last message. Please ignore it. I meant to send it directly to Cathy. It is what I get for trying to reply on my blackberry! Gretchen -Original Message- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen

RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Anderson, Gretchen
@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Thanks. I am not surprized - that was my gut feeling when I started finding them in the collections. Another strike against poisons! I am waiting for clit to call - we are suposed to be looking at houses on line. He is flying in to look on

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Anderson, Gretchen
] ID of pesticide package Attached is a very old (i.e., poor quality) scan of a paper describing the breakdown products of DDVP strips - they are appallingly bad for collections, so aged strips should never be left in cabinets or exhibit cases. Ideally, they should have been disposed of about

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread bugman22
2277 www.museumpestcontrol.com -Original Message- From: Del Re, Christine To: pestlist Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:53 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Agreed. That is an old DDVP pest strip – we still have some buried in our rather inaccessible light fixtures he

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread John E Simmons
Thanks to everyone for their identification and good advice on the ancient DDVP strip. Unfortunately, I can't dispose of the pesticide strip because it isn't mine. The photo was taken of the strip as it hangs in an exhibit in a public gallery of a well-known museum that shall remain nameless(but

RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Anderson, Gretchen
...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Cahawks Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:06 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Handle with care. The brown stain is a result of the phosphoric acid exuded by the strip. Cathy

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Cahawks
Handle with care. The brown stain is a result of the phosphoric acid exuded by the strip. Cathy -Original Message- From: Del Re, Christine To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:54 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Used to be called a “No Pest

RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Del Re, Christine
1:50 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package John - >From the stains at the bottom of the white cardboard, it appears to be an old DDVP (Vapona) resin strip in an enclosure. It's very old and no longer volatilizing the pesticide, dichlorvos, int

RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Del Re, Christine
@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package John - >From the stains at the bottom of the white cardboard, it appears to be an old DDVP (Vapona) resin strip in an enclosure. It's very old and no longer volatilizing the pesticide, dichlorvos, into the air. I

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread bugman22
as A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -Original Message- From: John E Simmons To: pestlist Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:14 pm Subject: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Can anyone help identify the pesticide likely to be in the package shown in the attach

Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package

2011-02-01 Thread Mary Baughman
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