[Nhcoll-l] Advice for pests in collections

[Anderson, Gretchen]

Hi Mireia,
Have you considered thoroughly cleaning out the cabinets and looking at some form of sealant for gaps?  Can you clean under the cabinets? My concern is that pyrethrum will still not be a long term solution.  Have you found the source of the infestation, or is it endemic to the institution? Just a few things to think about.

Gretchen Anderson
Conservator
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
5800 Baum Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15202
Phone (412)665-2607
Andersong at CarnegieMNH.org<mailto:Andersong at CarnegieMNH.org>
http://www.carnegiemnh.org

From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Mireia Beas-Moix
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:05 AM
To: NHColl
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice for pests in collections

Hi all,

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.

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.

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?

Thank you,

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Mireia Beas-Moix
Collections Manager
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
University of California Santa Barbara
Harder South, Rm 1009
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9615

beas-moix at ccber.ucsb.edu<mailto:beas-moix at ccber.ucsb.edu>
Office 805 893 2401

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