The spores of this bacterium must be eaten by a larva. Spraying walls is a waste of time and money. It’s primarily used for ground dwelling beetle larvae, such as Japanese beetle grubs.
> On Sep 27, 2021, at 7:28 PM, Angelica Isa-Adaniya <a.isa14...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear pest list, > > I recently asked for a list of the fumigants that are intended for use at the > museum soon, and one of them said "Cry" proteins / endotoxins and in the > description it said something like (I translate roughly from Spanish): Spores > and endogenous toxins of transconjugated Bacillus thuriengiensis. Varieties: > tenebrionis, aisawai, kurstaki and israelensis. > > I did a quick Google search and it seems to be used by organic farmers for > specific caterpillars and flies, but I was wondering if any of you have > experience with this in a museum context? I expect they'll just be spraying > the wall edges or something like that. Is it worth letting them just use it > or is there any particular reason why it might be a good idea if we didn't? > > Thank you from Lima, Peru! > > -- > Angélica Isa-Adaniya | Conservator > Email | a.isa14...@gmail.com > Feel free to connect with me on my Website | Linkedin | Twitter | Altminster > -- > 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/CAAJvYjU%3D9vhb_yN1e6HG3me1D-WQ4ZQ%2BYsnqrOu924WGiyvNww%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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/54020CBE-9107-4554-B0AC-FF3E0EC85439%40aol.com.
