Yes, visitors might come complete with fabric moths, dermestids (particularly if guests are walking dead), but more likely a few of the kids will be lousy (of the hair kind). But, those last ones don’t pose any risk to the museum.
I wonder how many of the existing pests would have been trampled by the parade of larger shod feet of visitors. Of course, those persons track in food and other debris on which the pests feed, so it is constant struggle. Perhaps, schedule periodic performances of Irish step, Flamenco or tap dancing to tamp down the wee beasties. On second thought, that might stir the mummies and crack the sculptures, so not such a brilliant idea. From: <[email protected]> on behalf of artsroundhill <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 12:43 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PestList] Re: Telegraph Newspaper Article - Pests at the BM Ummm, a bit melodramatic. I would think visitors carry in a lot of carpet beetles and moths, and other things tracked in on shoes etc, and constantly opening doors far more likely to allow pests to enter. But i am glad they are raising public consciousness about the importance of IPM. Linda R On Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 9:25 AM Angelica Isa-Adaniya <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, thank you! That was a good read :) All the best, Angelica On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 at 11:09, Madeline Corona <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: It is wonderful to see articles like this hitting mainstream media! Thank you for sharing Adie. Best, Madeline ________________________________ From: 'Adrian Doyle' via MuseumPests <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 8:09 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [PestList] Telegraph Newspaper Article - Pests at the BM all Suffice to say this is not completely accurate and includes stuff which the BM wouldn’t have said but it is nice enough (and not damaging!) Adie -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/63D856A9-9756-44F6-8702-D9ED6E57B63B%40harvard.edu.
