[Nhcoll-l] Clean Boxes in Pest Infested Room

[Margaret Geiss-Mooney]

Right across San Francisco Bay in Oakland, Preservation Arts offers anoxia 
treatment using nitrogen:
 https://www.preservation-arts.com/pest-management-2023
  
 Regards,
 Meg 
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Margaret E. Geiss-Mooney     
Textile/Costume Conservator &     
Collections Management Consultant     
Professional Associate - AIC    
707-763-8694    
meg at textileconservator.com 
  

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>> Am 02.10.2024 um 00:19 schrieb Julian Alexander Birnbach:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>> I am in the process of cleaning a room with a clothes moth pest 
infestation. The room was left unmanaged for some time, so they got into 
most things in the room. However, I have a number of bins with animal 
pelts/ taxidermy and while assessing damage of these bins I have found no 
frass or evidence of pest damage is some of them. I am severely limited on 
my freezer space, so I was wondering how inadvisable/ risky it would be to 
not do a freeze treatment for them if they were inspected thoroughly and 
found no evidence of pests?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any help,
>>> Julian B
>>>
>>> Natural History Collections Specialist,
>>> San Francisco Zoo and Gardens
>>> julianb at sfzoo.org
>>> &
>>> Ichthyology Collection Manager,
>>> San Francisco State University
>>> jbirnbach at sfsu.edu 


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