Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 Michelle This sounds like it's furniture beetle activity (Anobium punctatum). We have found live Anobium larvae in books in an air conditioned and humidity-controlled archive in Australia. Lower temperatures and/or humidity may eventually eradicate borers in collections, but many insects continue to be active under less than optimum conditions, although their life cycles may be slowed or extended. Eliminating an infestation solely under storage conditions would depend on the temp, RH and the length of time, and a great deal of damage can occur in the meantime. I have some really cool photos of damage caused to some carvings which were wrapped in plastic and left for 6 months. Freezing the books and other suspect material will probably be the best course of action. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 19/09/2012, at 2:11 PM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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 it does, gritty. Our collection is now in a concrete block building and I haven't seen any new damage, but in another place I work, a wooden building, I have active borers eating the building and the collection and that is a much bigger problem that is another conversation. A question about tropical borers surviving in air-conditioned rooms - does the lower temperature make a difference or do they not care so much as it's warm in the book... Regards, Melissa Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga From: alro...@heritagepestmanagement.com Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:15:56 +1000 To: pestlist@museumpests.net 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 Melissa This looks like borer damage. Some borers can cause extensive to books. Does the frass have a gritty feel to it (like hour-glass sand)? Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 19/09/2012, at 9:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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. --- Hi Alex, Here is a picture of the cover of a photo album that an insect or different insects have eaten. I think it happened several years ago when the collection was stored somewhere else. It seems to be a problem with cardboard covered albums and old books, but they go through paper and photos to Thanks for you help, Regards, Melissa From: alro...@heritagepestmanagement.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:36:12 +1000 To: pestlist@museumpests.net 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 Melissa The photos haven't come through. Can you retry? Best wishes Alex On 18/09/2012, at 8:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf 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. --- Dear Tony and Alex, Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it to the presentations I'm making. We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. Thanks again, Melissa From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp
Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 Melissa The photos haven't come through. Can you retry? Best wishes Alex On 18/09/2012, at 8:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf 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. --- Dear Tony and Alex, Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it to the presentations I'm making. We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. Thanks again, Melissa From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence. Best wishes Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex Roach Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga 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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific name for them. The list is: 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) 5) Wasp 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) 7) Fly 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) 10) Spider 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are attracted to light. I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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 pest list, We are working at the Tonga Traditions Committee (TTC) in Nuku’alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. We have an historical archive with mostly paper and photographic material. There are also textiles, wood and metal items. An Integrated Pest Management Plan was introduced July 2011 and we have happily caught too many insects to count. Given the tropical climate, a building that is not sealable, the vast array of insects and pests, and the limited resources here, we have been very successful in reducing the number of insects week by week using what is available - a can of Mortein surface spray and black plastic small square cockroach bait holders and squashing/removing them. We have rodent traps, sticky traps, cleaning, waste removal and ongoing inspections and awareness training. Our archive is air conditioned which is the best deterrent for tropical insects and pests, but power outages occur and can go for days or weeks especially in cyclone
Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 Melissa This looks like borer damage. Some borers can cause extensive to books. Does the frass have a gritty feel to it (like hour-glass sand)? Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 19/09/2012, at 9:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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. --- Hi Alex, Here is a picture of the cover of a photo album that an insect or different insects have eaten. I think it happened several years ago when the collection was stored somewhere else. It seems to be a problem with cardboard covered albums and old books, but they go through paper and photos to Thanks for you help, Regards, Melissa From: alro...@heritagepestmanagement.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:36:12 +1000 To: pestlist@museumpests.net 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 Melissa The photos haven't come through. Can you retry? Best wishes Alex On 18/09/2012, at 8:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf 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. --- Dear Tony and Alex, Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it to the presentations I'm making. We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. Thanks again, Melissa From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence. Best wishes Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex Roach Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga 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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific name for them. The list is: 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) 5) Wasp 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) 7) Fly 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) 10) Spider 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are attractedto light. I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf
RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 it does, gritty. Our collection is now in a concrete block building and I haven't seen any new damage, but in another place I work, a wooden building, I have active borers eating the building and the collection and that is a much bigger problem that is another conversation. A question about tropical borers surviving in air-conditioned rooms - does the lower temperature make a difference or do they not care so much as it's warm in the book... Regards, Melissa Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga From: alro...@heritagepestmanagement.com Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:15:56 +1000 To: pestlist@museumpests.net 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 Melissa This looks like borer damage. Some borers can cause extensive to books. Does the frass have a gritty feel to it (like hour-glass sand)? Best wishesAlex Alex RoachHeritage Pest Management On 19/09/2012, at 9:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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. --- Hi Alex, Here is a picture of the cover of a photo album that an insect or different insects have eaten. I think it happened several years ago when the collection was stored somewhere else. It seems to be a problem with cardboard covered albums and old books, but they go through paper and photos to Thanks for you help, Regards, Melissa From: alro...@heritagepestmanagement.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:36:12 +1000 To: pestlist@museumpests.net 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 Melissa The photos haven't come through. Can you retry? Best wishesAlex On 18/09/2012, at 8:14 AM, Melissa Neidorf 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. --- Dear Tony and Alex, Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it to the presentations I'm making. We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. Thanks again, Melissa From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence. Best wishes Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex Roach Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga 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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics
RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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. --- Dear Tony and Alex, Thank you both very much for the information you have given me, I'll add it to the presentations I'm making. We also found silverfish last week in another building, and they have done a lot of damage to those records, but not as much as the mice! It's inevitable in these climates, conditions and under resourced regions. I have some photos of damaged documents and photos that I would appreciate some assistance with identifying which critter did what damage, if possible. Let me know if anything of my situation is of interest to your research. Thanks again, Melissa From: tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:46 +0100 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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence. Best wishes Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex Roach Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga 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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific name for them. The list is: 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) 5) Wasp 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) 7) Fly 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) 10) Spider 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are attracted to light. I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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 pest list, We are working at the Tonga Traditions Committee (TTC) in Nuku’alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. We have an historical archive with mostly paper and photographic material. There are also textiles, wood and metal items. An Integrated Pest Management Plan was introduced July 2011 and we have happily caught too many insects to count. Given the tropical climate, a building that is not sealable, the vast array of insects and pests, and the limited resources here, we have been very successful in reducing the number of insects week by week using what is available - a can of Mortein surface spray and black plastic small square cockroach bait holders and squashing/removing them. We have rodent traps, sticky traps, cleaning, waste removal and ongoing inspections and awareness training. Our archive is air conditioned which is the best deterrent for tropical insects and pests, but power outages occur and can go for days or weeks especially in cyclone (hurricane) season. I have been training the staff in IPM, insect capture, ID and which type of insects cause what damage to paper, photos textiles
Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific name for them. The list is: 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) 5) Wasp 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) 7) Fly 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) 10) Spider 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are attracted to light. I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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 pest list, We are working at the Tonga Traditions Committee (TTC) in Nuku’alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. We have an historical archive with mostly paper and photographic material. There are also textiles, wood and metal items. An Integrated Pest Management Plan was introduced July 2011 and we have happily caught too many insects to count. Given the tropical climate, a building that is not sealable, the vast array of insects and pests, and the limited resources here, we have been very successful in reducing the number of insects week by week using what is available - a can of Mortein surface spray and black plastic small square cockroach bait holders and squashing/removing them. We have rodent traps, sticky traps, cleaning, waste removal and ongoing inspections and awareness training. Our archive is air conditioned which is the best deterrent for tropical insects and pests, but power outages occur and can go for days or weeks especially in cyclone (hurricane) season. I have been training the staff in IPM, insect capture, ID and which type of insects cause what damage to paper, photos textiles etc. I now I am hoping that some people on Pest list have time/inclination to help us add in more accurate information. I’ll be putting together a powerpoint for ongoing training of staff here and other record keeping/archives/museums in Tonga, so any information given will be shared around. If any one has the time, we’d be most grateful to find out more about our insects/pests and what specific damage they do to collections. I have attached 10 photos and here are the file titles to make it easier to respond. There are more varieties than this, but these are the main ones, some files are different angles for id. Also, If there is any one else on this list from the Pacific or other island states, I’d love to hear from them as well. Regards, Melissa Neidorf Tonga Traditions Committee PO BOX 6, Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga Wk: +676 26644 Mobile: +676 776279 1. Insects at TTC 002 Molokau (Like a centipede) 2. Insects at TTC 008 Cockroach 3. Insects at TTC 009 Mokomoko (a type of Lizard) 4. Insects at TTC 010 Mokomoko 5. Insects at TTC 012 Wasp 6. Insects at TTC 017 7. Insects at TTC 022 Blue Fly 8. Insects at TTC 026 Moth 9. Insects at TTC 028 Moth 10. Insects at TTC 033 Spider minus 2 legs 11. Insects at TTC 034 Brown Bug (cockroach?) 12. Insects at TTC 035 Brown Bug -- 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 1. Insects at TTC 002 Molokau.jpg 2. Insects at TTC 008 Cockroach.jpg 3. Insects at TTC 009 Mokomoko.jpg 4. Insects at TTC 010 Mokomoko.jpg 5. Insects at TTC 012 Wasp.jpg 6. Insects at TTC 017.jpg 7. Insects at TTC 022 Blue Fly.jpg 8. Insects at TTC 026 Moth.jpg 9. Insects at TTC 028 Moth.jpg 10. Insects at TTC 033 Spider minus 2 legs.jpg 11. Insects at TTC 034 Brown Bug .jpg 12 Insects at TTC 035 Brown Bug.jpg
RE: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga
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 Melissa Just to expand/correct Alex's reply : 5 is a paper wasp (Polistes or close relative) 6 is a woodlouse (=slater) 7 is a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) None of these creatures (with the possible exception of the cockroaches) is likely to do much damage to your collections. My main concern would be that if dead insect material builds up, then other more damaging pests might thrive. Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence. Best wishes Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Alex Roach Sent: 14 September 2012 08:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Pests in Tonga 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 Melissa I don't really see anything of real concern in this group. We do tend to find large numbers of bugs in and around buildings in the tropics. Most of the bugs (and gheckos) are common, but I don't have the scientific name for them. The list is: 1) Centipede (predaceous on other insects) 2) Cockroach (omnivorous - will eat just about anything) 3) Ghecko (predaceous on insects) 4) Ghecko with optional moth (predaceous on insects) 5) Wasp 6) Millipede or slater (feed on decaying plant material, timber) 7) Fly 8 and 9) Moths (probably adults of a lawn grub or similar) 10) Spider 11 and 12) They look like click beetles (feed on plant material and are attracted to light. I'm in Hawaii at the moment, but will send you a list and some photos of some of the bugs we commonly find in the tropics when I return to Australia. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 13/09/2012, at 4:04 PM, Melissa Neidorf mneid...@hotmail.com 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 pest list, We are working at the Tonga Traditions Committee (TTC) in Nuku’alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. We have an historical archive with mostly paper and photographic material. There are also textiles, wood and metal items. An Integrated Pest Management Plan was introduced July 2011 and we have happily caught too many insects to count. Given the tropical climate, a building that is not sealable, the vast array of insects and pests, and the limited resources here, we have been very successful in reducing the number of insects week by week using what is available - a can of Mortein surface spray and black plastic small square cockroach bait holders and squashing/removing them. We have rodent traps, sticky traps, cleaning, waste removal and ongoing inspections and awareness training. Our archive is air conditioned which is the best deterrent for tropical insects and pests, but power outages occur and can go for days or weeks especially in cyclone (hurricane) season. I have been training the staff in IPM, insect capture, ID and which type of insects cause what damage to paper, photos textiles etc. I now I am hoping that some people on Pest list have time/inclination to help us add in more accurate information. I’ll be putting together a powerpoint for ongoing training of staff here and other record keeping/archives/museums in Tonga, so any information given will be shared around. If any one has the time, we’d be most grateful to find out more about our insects/pests and what specific damage they do to collections. I have attached 10 photos and here are the file titles to make it easier to respond. There are more varieties than this, but these are the main ones, some files are different angles for id. Also, If there is any one else on this list from the Pacific or other island states, I’d love to hear from them as well. Regards, Melissa Neidorf Tonga Traditions Committee PO BOX 6, Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga Wk: +676 26644 Mobile: +676 776279 1. Insects at TTC 002 Molokau (Like a centipede) 2. Insects at TTC 008 Cockroach 3. Insects at TTC 009 Mokomoko (a type of Lizard) 4. Insects at TTC 010 Mokomoko 5. Insects at TTC 012 Wasp 6. Insects at TTC 017 7
