[NHCOLL-L:2831] Re: Vapona Stips for Entomology Collections

[ALBE, Monica Jane]

Dear All,

There is a nice review of Vapona Strips (Dichlorvos) in the National Parks Service's Museum 
Management Program Publication "Conserve O Gram".  Here's the website with all of the Conserve O 
Grams -- quite a few of them have useful info.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html

-Monica Albe

Preparator
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 VLSB
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
phone: (510) 642-1379
http://mvz.berkeley.edu


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:16:26 -0400
  "Jane MacKnight" <JMacKnight at cincymuseum.org> wrote:
> Dear List:  We have several thousand insects in our entomology collection that includes 
>specimens from the 1800s and early 1900s. Like most museums we are understaffed and have no 
>collections managers.  We finally have a zoology curator who is a field ecologist who works on 
>butterflies so he is trying to improve collections care in entomology. As a curator, he is also 
>responsible for birds, mammals, herps and shells (not to mention a very small botany collection). 
>I want to encourage him in his efforts to re-house and catalog the entomology collections and he 
>wants to manage the collection according to current standards. 
> 
> He is very concerned about infestation and he does not have time or volunteers to visibly go 
>through the collection to monitor for damage. He wants to use Vapona strips inside the entomology 
>cabinets (mix of new Deltas, old metal office cabinets and wood cabinets) but wants to be sure 
>that they are okay. I remember reading a decade ago that Vapona strips were banned for museum 
>cabinet use, but cannot locate the reference and his checking the OSHA sites yielded different 
>information.
> 
> Can anyone clarify the use of Vapona inside cabinets? If not Vapona, how do entomology 
>collections protect against infestations?
> 
> I should add that the collections are stored in a controlled environment (68F at 50%RH), 
>cabinetry and boxes are mix of old and new, and we typically use a freezer to treat any 
>infestations.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jane MacKnight
> 
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