Hi all, We had a brief bat problem many years ago and the director at the time stopped trapping to prevent them getting stuck. Since reinstituting IPM I use hardware cloth, cut and bent around the trap. It doesn’t seem to have affected our overall counts in each trap or the type of insects we trap but it does keep bats out…though I have not seen them in the museum either. I presume it would work for geckos although note it doesn't cover the window at the front or back.
Best, Katy [Utah State University] Katy Corneli Collections Manager | Conservator USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum<https://eastern.usu.edu/museum/> 155 East Main Price, UT 84501 Office: (435) 613-5765 [image0.jpeg] From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of kleard Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 9:41 AM To: MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Re: Geckos Hello! This product has been recommended on the pestlist, but I have not used them before: https://llfa.eu/af-insect-monitor-traps.html Depending on the kind of monitors you use, for the triangle shaped Trapper pest monitors (https://www.insectslimited.com/store/p/trapper-insect-monitor) you can add a thick piece of paper as a "door" with tape hinges to block the geckos. The paper door can be cut to fit the triangular opening and leave a small gap for pest insects. I am attaching a little example drawing of what I am talking about. If anyone else has advice or suggested products to keep out non-target pests, I would love to know about them too! Best, Katey On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 3:59:04 AM UTC-7 yoshiko.kondo.conservation wrote: Hi, everybody I saw geckos in several traps in the library where I've been doing the monitoring since May. I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid entering geckos or is there any type of trap which the gecko can't enter? I appreciate you kindly advise. Yoshiko Yoshiko Kondo BOOK PAPER & PHOTOGRAPH CONSERVATION Studio: c/o Vecchio Conventino Via Giano della Bella 20 50124 Firenze Italy -- 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/9b4fac00-5110-47af-925a-65883ba52417n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/9b4fac00-5110-47af-925a-65883ba52417n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/SN6PR07MB435299D64392EA8502903BECEAB42%40SN6PR07MB4352.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
