Hello wise pest listers! We have been having trouble with larder and carpet beetles in a building. We have exclusion issues with that building. Doors and windows need to be sealed better and we have foundation issues with occasional flooding with heavy rain. There are significant issues with flies that we constantly fight. The dead flies and weak building envelope are a real challenge for allowing and drawing in pests.
There are not a lot of objects on display in this building and no collections stored there, thank goodness. I have had to freeze some objects with feather and leather that were infested in the past year. I am working on having all objects that are most susceptible to damage from these types of beetles restricted from display in this space (leather, feathers, organic/protein sources) but removing them is a challenge because we do not have room in storage for them. We also need to address the building envelope issues, but facilities planning isn't going to happen until this fall. In the meantime, is there an approved PMP method for control, i.e. spraying around the exterior of buildings, etc. that could be instituted to help control things as they sit now? Would pheromone traps help monitor and/or control better than the sticky traps we are currently using? I am tired of this drip, drip, drip of problems related to this threat. Right now we are only able to react after-the-fact, when we discover another beetle or damaged object. I'd appreciate any words of wisdom and advice about a more sound way to address prevention/mitigation. Thanks! Jodi Lundgren Collections Manager The Indian Museum of North America(r) Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation 12151 Avenue of the Chiefs Crazy Horse, SD 57730-8900 Phone (605) 673-4681 jodi.lundg...@crazyhorse.org<mailto:jodi.lundg...@crazyhorse.org> www.crazyhorsememorial.org<http://www.crazyhorsememorial.org/> The Mission of Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is to protect and preserve the culture, tradition, and living heritage of the North American Indians. -- 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/SN6PR02MB5421E3A0442469FCC33AA9869554A%40SN6PR02MB5421.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
