I didn't go through stats for the whole building, but rather chose one floor that has a lot of people on it. During the work-from-home phase of the pandemic we did see about a 33% reduction in trapped pests. What's weird is it is made up almost entirely of booklice. Once people started showing back up to work the numbers have increased to their pre-pandemic levels.
Alan *Alan Van Dyke, *Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu <https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 11:58 AM Ipm samnoblemuseum < ipm.samnoblemus...@ou.edu> wrote: > We saw an increase in pests (specifically cockroaches and rodents) > associated with absence of people, published Sept 2020 in the SPNHC > newsletter (article attached). We also saw a pretty significant (didn’t > test for significance) of all non-pests from our March-May 2020 cycle > through the October-November 2020 cycle, seeing somewhat of a return to > normal for November-December 2021. Classes returned to campus in August > 2020, and we spray our building twice annually, with one occurring in late > October or early November. See the Trapping_All_jan-Feb document for a > graph of our five year trend. > > > > Rodents dropped off in January 2021 (an additional 7 between the August > 14, 2020 cut off of the publication) with continued increased presence in > the building. And we’ve had none (with continued weekly trapping) since Jan > 2021. > > > > Cockroaches have continued to be problematic. > > 2017: 69 > > 2018: 62 > > 2019: 58 > > 2020: 100 > > 2021: 93 > > 2022: 51 to date (currently reading traps representing April and May) > > > > Brandi > > > > > > *From: *pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of rach...@amartconservation.com <rach...@amartconservation.com> > *Date: *Monday, May 2, 2022 at 4:33 PM > *To: *pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[PestList] Pest data during COVID lockdowns > > 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 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.amartconservation.com/__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!5DBRJXVuBS8kemhqlfMUNDrrToct9sDQ52QZ0I_JMvF_q1snuTahs2yKvjspp8LfiAKx5IuoM_3ADySukjwF_dbhTDhTpl4$> > > rach...@amartconservation.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/129d01d85e6c%24257408f0%24705c1ad0%24%40amartconservation.com > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/129d01d85e6c*24257408f0*24705c1ad0*24*40amartconservation.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer__;JSUlJQ!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!5DBRJXVuBS8kemhqlfMUNDrrToct9sDQ52QZ0I_JMvF_q1snuTahs2yKvjspp8LfiAKx5IuoM_3ADySukjwF_dbhpzWXlOI$> > . > > -- > 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/SN6PR03MB4399205707499A07088007AEE3C59%40SN6PR03MB4399.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/SN6PR03MB4399205707499A07088007AEE3C59%40SN6PR03MB4399.namprd03.prod.outlook.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/CAHhLO3bnTYVPO97gMtG2%2Bm%3D2%2B401T9n-p9ZRPc%2BcM%2BBnuTVabQ%40mail.gmail.com.
