I’ve used thermal imaging extensively for several decades. It has been invaluable for deer censusing from the air and the ground, and for detecting and watching diverse mammals and birds. I often carry a small FLIR attachment that snaps onto my cell phone. That’s actually good enough for a quick overview outdoors and indoors. Depending on ambient conditions, it may reveal where a warm-blooded animal is nesting or hiding. It doesn’t ‘see’ through glass, and IR is blocked by dense vegetation. It is also useful for revealing thermally hot circuits and circuit breakers that are ready to fail, wet areas of plaster and gypsum wall board, and more. For more precise and robust use, there are better (and more costly) units available. A nest of bees or wasps may be warmer than the surrounding area because of the metabolic activity of the creatures within. With a good unit, you can even watch a mosquito or bed bug engorge on blood. The abdomen will be noticeably warmer… for a minute or so. The units I used in the early 1990s (and which cost >$100K) have been eclipsed by newer and more precise ones that fit in your hand and will set you back just a few hundred dollars.
Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> Subscribe to the Harvard EH&S COVID-19 literature review: https://web.calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ehs_eph_covid19_literature_review From: <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Dan Wixted <dj...@cornell.edu> Reply-To: "pestlist@googlegroups.com" <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 1:29 PM To: "pestlist@googlegroups.com" <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] RE: Thermal Imaging - Locating/Tracking Pests One thing I’ve heard from pest management professionals is that you really should receive training in thermal imaging before trying to use the technology for pest management. There’s a lot of “more art than science” to it, so the training helps avoid false positives/negatives. --Dan Dan Wixted Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) Cornell University Ph (607) 255-7525 525 Tower Road FAX (607) 255-3075 CALS Surge Facility psep.cce.cornell.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__psep.cce.cornell.edu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=YJ_v_RYDnVojFYHy93zXUXUsyhQQgUubkhNxcqXj1ww&s=vd3sw0m5EtlH8KRa-pMkOn-pNfMW66lbGjdHa1R5rF4&e=> Ithaca, NY 14853 dj...@cornell.edu<mailto:dj...@cornell.edu> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kennedy, Janie Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 11:50 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Thermal Imaging - Locating/Tracking Pests Hi there, I’m curious to know if anyone has tried using thermal imaging devices - FLIR or otherwise as a way to locate and track museum pests - insect or rodent. I’m most interested in our ceiling voids and being that our building is quite large - there would be lots of ground to cover and I’m not sure how well something like this would work. If anyone out there has tried using this on a larger scale – I would love to hear about it. Thanks! Janie Kennedy Conservation Technician - Objects | Technicienne aux restaurations - objets National Gallery of Canada | Musée des beaux-arts du Canada jkenn...@gallery.ca<mailto:jkenn...@gallery.ca> -- 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/YT1PR01MB3834D8B8E3D1EE4842BF2F46A2649%40YT1PR01MB3834.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_YT1PR01MB3834D8B8E3D1EE4842BF2F46A2649-2540YT1PR01MB3834.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=YJ_v_RYDnVojFYHy93zXUXUsyhQQgUubkhNxcqXj1ww&s=na6_cVKrHLKlbPCv-CzvXyHpF2ShOHROyfhn5FAJaH4&e=>. -- 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BL0PR04MB5011DB4D12B564852C842BD8AF649%40BL0PR04MB5011.namprd04.prod.outlook.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_BL0PR04MB5011DB4D12B564852C842BD8AF649-2540BL0PR04MB5011.namprd04.prod.outlook.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=YJ_v_RYDnVojFYHy93zXUXUsyhQQgUubkhNxcqXj1ww&s=sIEyBMsgAbUAtiGZUaogAv2o22L4W3h3MlYmk4ANdeU&e=>. -- 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/5053DB24-A34A-4EE2-928E-2D2683C285AC%40harvard.edu.
