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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We had a large red-legged ham beetle outbreak. The beetles were present in steel cabinets with gaskets which contained greasy bones. Once the insects had become numerous
enough to run out of food, they were able to escape the cabinets by going past the gaskets. We used painters tape to seal the gaskets and its sticky surface worked to capture escapees. We also used double stick tape on the floors and preformed inspections
to determine how far the insects had spread. We vacuumed under all cabinets where possible and the aisles in the storage area. The insects were roaming the entire area looking for food sources, but were only inside mammal cabinets. After much discussion
with staff, conservator, industrial hygienist and pesticide applicators, we used the following procedure to treat the entire area. The area was closed over a weekend and the treatment applied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An outside contractor provided a crack and crevice treatment on all three floors of the POD 2 particularly underneath cases where sanitation is not readily feasible.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The Contractor used a combination of Tempo SC Ultra insecticide and Nyguard IGR applied at the maximum allowable concentrations in a water base solution to floors beneath all cabinets
in Pod 2, cracks and crevices. (The amount of water applied to surfaces is similar to mopping with a wrung out mop and surfaces quickly dried. This combo was not applied to surfaces with which humans would come in contact.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Other methods were used to address the infested specimens and cabinets. Mammals staff have also revised procedures for bringing new skeletal material from the osteoprep lab into the collection storage area.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">I would not recommend pyrethrin because some people are allergic and I believe it comes in an oily base.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">You are on the right track with freezing and bagging specimens and cleaning the cabinet. We have actually used CO2 on some of the cabinets due to the problems with cleaning areas inside the drawer tracks, etc.
This was accomplished by moving the cabinets into our CO2 chamber.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>Amanda Neill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mireia Beas-Moix; NHColl<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Advice for pests in collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Mireia,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#1F497D">We use Gentrol in the BRIT Herbarium. We have had no outbreaks since we started using it a couple of years ago:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://zoecon.com/familyofproducts.php?family%3DGentrol&k=diZKtJPqj4jWksRIF4bjkw%3D%3D%0A&r=Fg8uxBA2IYsyw9X3MwZMhg%3D%3D%0A&m=zmbc%2BzvrG7DgW%2B8o263vYdXpfj55bV0%2BpOK7RWxMKvM%3D%0A&s=25afae2cdf65066c64b222df2cc1be38be2124e73a063e3bb4702539993a46f5">http://zoecon.com/familyofproducts.php?family=Gentrol</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“(S)-Hydroprene, the active ingredient in Gentrol, prevents pest larvae from progressing to the adult stage, either causing sterility of adults or
preventing the emergence of insects from the pupal stage. Since the baby bugs can’t grow up, they die, and since the adults can’t breed, the entire population will die out rapidly. This chemical has no effect on humans and is safe for use in hospitals, schools,
and places where food is prepared. There is very little odor and what little there is will dissipate quickly.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It is sprayed lightly on the inside of our cabinet doors every quarter I think, and does not seem to leave any residue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Amanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5A8D22">Amanda K. Neill </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F">| Director of the Herbarium (BRIT-SMU-VDB) | </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5A8D22">
817.546.1842 </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F">| </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#9BBB59"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.brit.org/&k=diZKtJPqj4jWksRIF4bjkw%3D%3D%0A&r=Fg8uxBA2IYsyw9X3MwZMhg%3D%3D%0A&m=zmbc%2BzvrG7DgW%2B8o263vYdXpfj55bV0%2BpOK7RWxMKvM%3D%0A&s=2f2aa511709f3b95d60fcfc99517bd7a210fc2adf7b4ac3ecd8212d1f7fb7189" title="blocked::http://www.brit.org/
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5A8D22">1700 University Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76107-3400 USA | Think Before You Print<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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>Mireia Beas-Moix<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NHColl<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Advice for pests in collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We discovered a cigarette beetle pest infestation in one of our herbarium rooms. We bagged the specimens, proceeded with the two-cycle freezing treatment and cleaned the cabinets thoroughly.
However, the cabinets in that room are old and do not seal properly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We follow an integrated pest management program for our collections and avoid the use of chemicals. However, in this case we are considering spraying the cabinets with some pesticide
to eliminate any possible beetle remains and avoid the development of a new outbreak.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">After some research, it looks like pyrethrum has been used in some collections, although others mention that it did not work at all. What is your advice?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">University of California Santa Barbara</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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