Hello everyone, My situation is probably different from most of you, as the collection I protect consists of live animals. I work in a zoo, and read all of your posts with bemused interest. I'm posting because I'm wondering if anyone here knows of a standard protocol for ensuring live plants are not hosting structural pests before they are moved from place to place.
My concern is that plants that are in place temporarily in a building infested with American, Australian, and Surinam cockroaches, will serve as habitat for these insects, and spread them to new places when those plants are installed in a new building. I'm wondering if I need to research what port inspectors do to prevent pest introductions with transcontinental commerce, or if there is something available in the plant nursery industry. I asked our horticulture curator, and did some basic googling, but I didn't get too much from those resources. Sorry if this is out of the usual parameters of this group, but I admire your expertise and attention to detail and thought it was worth a try. Jef C Taylor IPM specialist Zoo New England -- 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/CA%2Bqio8WxomPucr%2BbcQcdHvtxzRQtG%3DJhpu4FhGuZaY%3D5Rc7jOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
