Hi Beau! I currently work at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and was hired in response to a webbing clothes moth outbreak on the same types of materials you’re describing. If you’d like, my Team and I can have a Zoom session with you to discuss our experiences and share what has been useful to us in our mitigation projects (since 2017, we’ve successfully controlled three outbreaks in/around campus).
Happy to help in any way, I know how difficult these projects can be! Best, Cassy [cid:image001.png@01D9405F.D97A6C10] Cassy Cutulle She/her/hers Assistant Conservator Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Harvard University 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 496-9745 https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of bharris Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 1:17 PM To: MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Moth outbreak Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, so I'm not sure I'm sending this out correctly so everyone can see it. The moths we have are webbing clothes moths and are through much of the collections that are on display. Our museum is a small-medium-sized natural history museum with some ethnographic/cultural and historical displays. These moths are mostly confined so far to mammals with a further concentration on the newer specimens without so much treatment with things like Arsenic, mercury, etc... My question is about best treatment options. We've had recommended to us and are considering some fumigation, anoxic, and freezing treatments. Of those I've talked with so far there some in favor of each of these and some against each of these options. We have some very large pieces, including a musk ox, two polar bears, kodiak bear, brown bear, black bear, Dall's sheep. These are the most problematic in treating. We're considering setting up anoxic chambers for these and some of the things that are a little smaller. We've also bought a large chest freezer to do small to smaller medium-sized things. We are also thinking about a freezer truck which has been strongly recommended (even as something that we need to do). We're not sure we can fit everything we need into one truck and we may not be able to get a truck that can get down to -20 degrees Ferenheight. From what I've heard, this isn't a problem as you can get the freezer to temp and leave for a longer period. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc... are most appreciated. Thanks!! Beau Harris -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/9c5924fe-46f6-4e51-9870-7d92aa59189bn%40googlegroups.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_9c5924fe-2D46f6-2D4e51-2D9870-2D7d92aa59189bn-2540googlegroups.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0mQWQF-Dwo7WhEsFRlZIVFUsXEtblfZdM_yMv8nTyGQ&m=SmiAMl2I6KupPxO2Hs18it6WbD0Xx0FCOIPoasfofwUAhT7XyGkgOYHFHtr_Pdyv&s=L8qJThmncmckCV8LG6IG4aT2iMebqvIT4k9JwGIBIj8&e=>. -- 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/MN2PR07MB713589E58DE8D4589650D65889A29%40MN2PR07MB7135.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
