Tonya -
As an IPM consultant, I've dealt with these types of situations in museums and
other situations on numerous occasions over many years.
If you are located in the U.S., you can close up the room, seal off the AC/Heat
registers, and use Nuvan Pest Strips hung as high as possible. The rate is one
strip per 1,000 cubic feet of space. Put a sign on the door to the office and
allow no entry for a month. Then remove the strips and air out the office.
the vapona fumes will kill all stages of any insects in the room.
Tom ParkerEntomologist
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From: 'Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com>
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Sent: Thu, Oct 27, 2022 8:20 am
Subject: [PestList] Clothes moth in office
#yiv1164622258 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Hello all,
We just discovered a clothes moth outbreak in a rarely used office in our
building. There are no specimens in this office, and I am not quite sure what
they are eating - casings are around the edge of the carpet, which I do not
think is wool. Perhaps they are feeding on dead insects that are behind the
desks, etc?
I'm looking for thoughts on how to best treat the outbreak. We discovered the
problem at the end of the day, so tomorrow morning we will pull all furniture
away from the walls and vacuum and wipe down all surfaces that we can. I am
tempted to 'bomb' the room with a pyrethrin based flea bomb thing, but I am not
sure how effective that would be, if at all? Thoughts on that would be
appreciated. I am also wondering about sprinkling diatomaceaous earth around
the edges of the carpet where the outbreak seems to be, after vacuuming.
Finally I was planning on putting up pheremone traps to monitor the situation,
and to keep vacuuming (daily? Weekly? suggestions?). If there is something I am
missing or suggestions for what else to do (or not do), I would very much
appreciate it!
Thanks,
Tonya
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