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Dear All, I have an inquiry about termites, too. We have drywood termites infested in the wooden beams (vertical beams and roof elements) of our new building, where we have moved our library and where our conservation lab and collections areas are (so from time to time we will have objects in those areas). Our other museum collections (mainly ethnographic) are in other part of the building where there is no wooden structure there, so I might say they are fairly safe, right now. In addition, one of our conservators suspects that we may also have subterranean termites. We have a small Native garden next to the building, but I didn't see any subterranean termite tunnels there, I only saw the drywood termites (red-bodied swarmers with wings of branchy veins). I found all of them dead on the floor of the library's cool storage room and one of them was live caught in an insect trap. To eliminate the drywood termites what would be recommended? Would using a bait matrix containing an insect growth regulator, hexaflumuron work on drywood termites as well? Do you think it would work better than injecting those wooden beams and soil with termiticide? Thanks, Özge Gençay-Üstün Assistant Conservator AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 Direct: 323.495.4328 E-mail: ogencay-us...@theautry.org<mailto:ogencay-us...@theautry.org> Go West: TheAutry.org<http://www.theautry.org/> ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
