Hi Marna – It sounds like you are doing the right actions. Since they mostly eat mold – they are more of an indicator species – an indicator of the presence of mold – to the best way to control them is humidity control (if you can) and housekeeping. An uptick in the numbers means that your relative humidity is going up and they have more food. Remember that mold is omni present, so monitoring, adequate airflow and housekeeping are your best lines of defense.
Good work! Gretchen Anderson, anders...@carneigemnh.org Conservator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Carnegie Museum of Natural History – One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (carnegiemnh.org)<https://carnegiemnh.org/> IPM Instructor, Museum Study LLC Museum Study online professional development - Home<https://www.museumstudy.com/> From: 'Bastian, Marna' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 6:09 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Booklice Control CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, We are seeing booklice in traps in our collections storage area in one of my parks. The humidity is in a good or even at times a lower range. I know cleanliness and humidity control is a good defense against them. Is there anything else we should be doing? Thank you! Marna Bastian (she/her) Museum Registrar Sitka National Historical Park Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 907-747-0142 103 Monestery Street Sitka, AK 99835 marna_bast...@nps.gov<mailto:marna_bast...@nps.gov> -- 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/DM6PR09MB479194432C7D2289344DFD478BFC2%40DM6PR09MB4791.namprd09.prod.outlook.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2fDM6PR09MB479194432C7D2289344DFD478BFC2%2540DM6PR09MB4791.namprd09.prod.outlook.com%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,trD738bhPlpt9-CZFLLFpf0c2IrYEI9xn3ciQW-BQI0UEj3zXSTq0tpfyjh3OjHxtAt237-JkOSN6ktV71bXBv7xs0Ex6fXBqFRoNFENSA2C6XNxAPZ0&typo=1>. The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -- 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/CH2PR02MB69494D8457875B497714F88FBCFD2%40CH2PR02MB6949.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
