Hello all, I have just discovered a moth infestation in one of our bird taxidermy cases (15+ moth carcasses and a few specimens with frass at the base). The case it's in, is not air tight and not up to any museum standard. It is also (as an added bonus), a study room for students of the university.
We do not have a freezer that gets cold enough for anything shorter than 5 weeks for decontaminating. I do have old vapona strips. I would obviously block access to the room for at least one week after the end of fumigation- but my question is- Do any of you have an opinion/ experience with long term effects of vapona on specimens? I have been told it can "activate" fats and damage mounted taxidermy, but I can't seem to find any source data. Ideally, I would leave the specimens in the case and fumigate. Thank you! Anna -- Anna E. Goldman, PhD *(she/ her)* Wildlife Museum Curator Marine Wildlife Care Coordinator Department of Wildlife California Polytechnic University Arcata, California 95521 USA (707) 826-4034 -- 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/CADkLfmWu5yu%2BKvF%2BQCqgj7%3DmzXuSus8WOhcPQ%3Dp0a7zy4h1nLQ%40mail.gmail.com.
