INTEGRATED

PEST

MANAGEMENT

Christina Bisulca, Bishop Museum

IPM

Residual pesticide (paradichlorobenzene)

on specimen

Developed in 40’s –

50’s by agricultural

industries

Cost effective

Minimize pesticide

use in collections

Preventive

approach

IPM Components

Monitoring Identification & Documentation Housekeeping (food, dust) CM Policy Building Envelope Environmental Controls Treatment (freezing, fumigation, heat treatment, anoxia)

IPM In Practice

Archaeology, Botany, Cultural Collections, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Malacology, Library and Archives, Invertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology

IPM In Practice

Archaeology, Botany, Cultural Collections, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Malacology, Library and Archives, Invertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology

~ 24,000,000 specimens

Monitoring

Sticky traps (with or without

bait)

UV light traps

Pheromone traps

Monitoring

Selection of traps to

capture both crawling and

flying insects

Monitoring

Monitoring: Recording

Zak Database ZPEST

http://www.museumpests.net/monitoring.asp

Identification

Common Pests:

Cigarette Beetle,

Termites,

Silverfish,

Dermestids,

Powder post beetle

Indicator: Psocids (book lice), Pill bugs, Springtails indicate

high humidity

Predator:

Spiders, Geckos

Identification: Pests

Proteins

(carpet beetle, case making

clothes moth)

Wood borers (termites,

powder post beetle)

Starch (silverfish,

firebrats)

Omivores

(Cockroachs, crickets)

Identification

IDs:

Department of

Entomology

Identification: Pests

Dermestid molts

http://www.museumpests.net/

Identification: Pests

Trogoderma anthrenoides (dermestid)

Identification (Frass)

termite cigarette beetle

Identification (frass)

termite termite

cigarette

beetle

powder

post

beetle

Identification (references)

Monitoring (Location)

Monitoring

Housekeeping

Increased insect activity noted

in one area of building

Housekeeping

Bag worm casings/moths

Dermestid

larvae

molts

Cockroach

eggs

Intervention

730,000 specimens

(11,756 types)

Intervention

730,000 specimens

(11,756 types)

Cigarette Beetle:

- Larval stage can last up to two months

- Females lay up to 100 eggs

Intervention

Identification of Source:

Combination of sticky traps,

pheromone traps, UV light

traps monitored weekly

Monitoring

S.Ch. Papadopouloua and C.Th.

Buchelos. “Comparison of

trapping efficacy for Lasioderma

serricorne (F.) adults with

electric, pheromone, food

attractant and control - adhesive

traps.” Journal of Stored Products

Research. 38 (2002) 375–383

UV light traps

most effective in

trapping cigarette

beetles

Intervention

Identification of Source:

Combination of sticky traps,

pheromone traps, UV light

traps monitored weekly

Intervention: Vikane

fumigation, freezing

Intervention

Identification of Source:

Combination of sticky traps,

pheromone traps, UV light

traps monitored weekly

Problems identified:

failed gaskets in cabinets

(replaced)

Intervention: Vikane

fumigation, freezing

Intervention

Identification of Source:

Combination of sticky traps,

pheromone traps, UV light

traps monitored weekly

Problems identified:

failed gaskets in cabinets

(replaced)

Changed Policy:

Visiting researchers can no longer bring bags/backpacks into collection

areas

Intervention: Vikane

fumigation, freezing

Vikane (bad news)

Maximum legal concentration (‘10x’) not 100% effective in

killing cigarette beetle eggs (Dow AgroScience)

Vikane:

Sulfuryl floride

SO2F2

Other Resources

Distribution list: pestlist@museumpests.net