That's funny. This also happened to us at Pachacamac. Our storage space insects dropped a ton and have since picked up again when we started going back. I expected it would be the other way around, but apparently not! Best, Angelica
On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 16:43, 'Rebecca Newberry (she/her)' via MuseumPests < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > We tracked throughout the lockdown and after--our trends showed all pests > down during the lockdown and subsequent remote work. Pests only started to > pick up once more people came back to work in person and we expanded our > opening days and hours. For us, at least, people=pests, ha ha. > Feel free to get in touch with me for details, > Rebecca > ------------------------------ > <https://www.smm.org/> > *Rebecca Newberry* > *Pronouns: she/her/hers* > *Director of Collections Stewardship* > e: rnewbe...@smm.org > o: (651) 265-9841 > > > On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM <rach...@amartconservation.com> wrote: > >> In preparation for an upcoming presentation on trends in Integrated Pest >> Management at the AIC 2022 meeting we are interested in hearing from any >> institution that has been collecting and analyzing pest data to see what >> effects the COVID lockdown and museum closures had on pest populations in >> your buildings. Please feel free to respond on or off-list. >> >> With thanks, >> >> Rachael Arenstein, Pat Kelley and Suzanne Ryder >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Rachael Perkins Arenstein >> >> A.M. Art Conservation, LLC >> >> Conservation Treatment, Preservation Consulting & Collection Management >> >> Tel: 917-796-1764 (she/her/hers) >> >> www.amartconservation.com >> >> rach...@amartconservation.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/129d01d85e6c%24257408f0%24705c1ad0%24%40amartconservation.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/129d01d85e6c%24257408f0%24705c1ad0%24%40amartconservation.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAJDA2ScDOYUD3KBiyjZYh5NseNSOOcaTFUj37cwXDrFV%3Dd-jpw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAJDA2ScDOYUD3KBiyjZYh5NseNSOOcaTFUj37cwXDrFV%3Dd-jpw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAAJvYjXeGsDUA%2BJ51fjZ-v1C4KL2eMtJgHw76NXGLK_pfZya8w%40mail.gmail.com.