We have noticed a larger than usual number of ants entering a collections area from a crack under an exterior door. The best IPM solution is clearly to request this crack be sealed, but until this repair can be made, is it a danger to the collection to place ant bait traps inside the collections area beside this door? (The artifacts stored in this area are primarily furniture, vehicles, and equipment.) If traps are not harmful, what type of a trap would be best, and what type should be avoided? Also, would it endanger the collection if facilities sprayed for ants on the exterior of the building?
We could buy a recommended product, but these are the traps our janitorial staff currently have available for non-collections areas: 1) Terro Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with 5.4% Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate aka Borax) and 2) Raid Ant Baits (enclosed bait station with .01% Avermectin B1). Thank you for any feedback, Melissa Melissa Dawn Assistant Registrar Division of the Humanities Museum of the Rockies melissa.d...@montana.edu 406.994.2242 600 West Kagy Blvd. Bozeman, MT 59717 -- 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/MWHPR02MB322965DB3497A328F502E52588229%40MWHPR02MB3229.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
