MuseumPests Working Group. Providing best practices and standards on Integrated Pest Management for the cultural heritage community. #MuseumPests
Joined March 2016
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In the northern hemisphere it's getting cold; in the southern hemisphere it's warming up! Both are good time to check your building envelope and door sweeps to discourage pests from getting in! (Image by @HaydenTheDuck)
It's #AskAMuseum day! Feel free to ask us anything about pests :)
What is an IPM technician?
A- A muskox hairstylist?
B-Monitoring sticky traps and dataloggers to prevent pests from destroying our collections?
C-No idea!
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#education #webinar #pestmanagement #museum #clothesmoths #carpetbeetles
It's #InternationalMuseumDay ! Pests are international & so is #MuseumPests ! In collaboration with @apoyonline & dedicated individuals MuseumPests en ESPAÑOL was born. es.museumpests.net/ museumpests.net/tercera-llam…
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#MayThe4thBeWithYou Illustrator @wilkinsonrich creates fanciful #starwars insects! An #R2D2 beetle irl would make #IPM a bit more fun. thisiscolossal.com/2018/05/i…
A fantastic example of terrible #silverfish damage from Joel Voron! You can find out more about silverfish by searching our Pest Image Gallery museumpests.net/newimagegall… or on our fact sheet museumpests.net/wp-content/u… #MuseumPests #MuseumIPM
What’s your #MuseumIPM trap checking strategy? Pull all your blunders and replace every time regardless of how many pests (or dust!) OR mark the pests you counter and put them back? #TrapCheck #MuseumPests #ShouldItStayOrShouldItGo
For #FrassFriday here is some American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) frass and damage as seen on the leather spines of bound books. Check with a conservator or clean the objects before freezing to avoid the frass fusing to the surface! #MuseumPests #MuseumIPM
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Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums facebook.com/MuseumPests
Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums facebook.com/MuseumPests
Check out the schedule for our Museum Pests public presentation session happening tomorrow (March 3)! museumpests.net/2nd-museumpe…
A lot of work, but worth it! Great stuff @HilaryJarvisNT !
Day2 catching up on 2019 #IPM data (132 xls; 4,477 traps; 7,696 pests; 111 houses-& counting). Going a bit 😜 but vital to keep on top of this: Monitoring/recording means you know what’s normal. So you know when it’s not ! @MuseumPests @Conservators_uk
Buy in. Tricky to gain, however invaluable once you do! Every position has the potential to support a strong IPM program at your institution. Dave in Facilities leaves detailed notes with his findings and I thank him every time. #museumpests #noIinIPM #pests #teamwork
I'll try to get a true #frassfriday up before the end of the day! Until then, enjoy the meme ;) #pheromones #clothesmoths #museumpests #gottacatchemall
We couldn't get the "Carpet beetle-eating, friendly-bug"? #facepalm #bugs #insects #notamuseumpestsihope on.nbc10.com/P2zvdVI
Have awesome #pest images you want to share here or on MuseumPests.net? Shoot us a message via FB or email [email protected] We’re glad to give you, your institution credit...or not if you’d prefer. #museumpests #bugphotos
Not pest-related, however the material cultural impact is unavoidable to not mention here. Truly a worst fear among those in the field. npr.org/2019/04/15/713525879…