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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Hi Adelaide,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Not sure if anyone has responded to you off list yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>If you have any close up photos of the insects themselves that would be very helpful in identifying your pests. I would also recommend looking at the resources over at </span><a href="http://www.museumpests.net/">http://www.museumpests.net/</a> There are fact sheets there about different pests. The pestlist is also a good place to ask for help identifying your pests by the insects as well as damage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Genevieve<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#7F7F7F'>=================================================<br>Genevieve Lewis-Gentry, Curatorial Assistant<br>Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria<br>22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.<br>Phone: 617-495-2365 Fax: 617-495-9484<br>glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adelaide Sallema<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 18, 2013 2:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu<br><b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Advice on dealing with museum infestations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Hello all,<br><br>I'm looking for some advice on dealing with new museum infestations. Conservator and I have found new infestation in storage cabinets and stuffed bird collections and we have tried to identify these pests and thought might be kind of furniture beetles- but not so sure. I have attached few photos to be able to identify types of pests and areas that have been infested. Our museum is involved in the fumigation museum environment,unfortunately new infestation appear with a rapid attack. <br><br>I'd be very interested to hear from anyone with experience of telling what type of pests and measures to take both preventive and curative to overcome a problem.<br>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=yui3202133604517910470><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>Adelaide</span></i></span><span class=yui3202133604517910472><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'> Sallema, </span></i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>Envtal Science:</span></i><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60'>(Envtal Ecology & <span style='background:white'>Nat.Res.Mangt),</span></span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>National Museum & House of Culture, </span></i><span class=yui32021336045179104102><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>P.O.Box 511</span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104104><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>, DSM, Tz</span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104106><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>.</span></i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=yui32021336045179104118><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'>Mobile</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104122><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'>:</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104122><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'> +255 754 392 462; </span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104130><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>E-mail:</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104130><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'> </span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104132><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'><a href="mailto:adesallema@hotmail.com" target="_blank">adesallema@hotmail.com</a></span></i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>