I hope we don't have mice..... On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:18 PM 'bugman22' via MuseumPests < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Christina - > > I forgot to mention, I've seen several situations where mice easily pop > out of these temporary, hollow walls and travel from one cubicle to the > next on top of the walls. Often the upright supports for these walls are > hollow and open at the top, allowing mice to run on top wherever they want. > > Tom Parker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christina Bisulca <c.bisu...@gmail.com> > To: pestlist@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thu, Oct 27, 2022 12:41 pm > Subject: Re: [PestList] Clothes moth in office > > Hello - > I actually also found remains of dermestids under cubicle walls, and it > was fairly dusty. Most of the food we found was carbohydrate (bread > crusts, raisins, a lot of M&Ms...). I only pulled dust/refuse out of a few > areas to really look at, the office spaces are the entire third floor. So > far we only find indication of WMCs under cubicle walls. We are also still > actively monitoring with pheromone traps. > > Christina > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 11:39 AM Todd Holmberg <tholmb...@artsmia.org> > wrote: > > Christina- > > Thanks for the heads up regarding your experience with the cubicle walls- > "real life/specific" examples like this where institutions are seeing moths > in offices are so valuable to be mindful of when investigating potential > causes. > Regarding the "food" part of the email. I have always been under the > impression that food attracts other insects/mice that the WCM larvae then > feed on. I am curious to know, are there types of food that people eat > that WCM would also eat? > > Thanks again to everyone chiming in on this thread- great information 👍 > -Todd > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 10:30 AM 'Rebecca Newberry (she/her)' via > MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > We've also had success with spraying cube walls and base boards with > pyrethroids, specifically Demand CS. We have a contract with a pest control > company. We reapply pesticide after 90 days until we stop catching moths. > That, combined with pheromone trap monitoring and an information campaign > for staff who work in the area has knocked down the infestation to almost > nothing. I've attached a flyer I posted in the office area where we found > moths. > I also went through every desk that I could, looking for infested > items, then isolating and treating anything suspicious before returning it > to the owner. Then I asked them to remove infestable things for the time > being. Another thing that helped was an employee retiring who had an active > clothes moth infestation at home (!!). > Good luck! It may take a while but you can do it! > Rebecca > ------------------------------ > <https://www.smm.org/> > *Rebecca Newberry* > *Pronouns: she/her/hers* > *Director of Collections Stewardship* > e: rnewbe...@smm.org > o: (651) 265-9841 > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:25 AM Christina Bisulca <c.bisu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello - > We've dealt with a similar issue at my institution with webbing clothes > moths in office areas - I'm just mentioning in case it helps anyone else. > > We found the source of the infestation was actually under the cubicle > walls - with people eating at their desks, food that fell onto the floor > was pushed under these walls during vacuuming as there is a few mm gap. We > had a pest company come and spray the infected areas (using deltamethrin if > I remember) until we were able to clean the problem areas. It seemed to > work, but we were probably also just lucky it hadn't already spread > anywhere else. > > Christina > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 8:21 AM 'Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)' via > MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > 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?). 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