Museum Pests
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MuseumPests Working Group. Providing best practices and standards on Integrated Pest Management for the cultural heritage community. #MuseumPests
Joined March 2016
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)
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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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RT @InsectsLimited: Join us as we team up with a museum professional to discuss the importance of museum pest management. Register for fr….
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It's #InternationalMuseumDay ! Pests are international & so is #MuseumPests ! In collaboration with @apoyonline & dedicated individuals MuseumPests en ESPAÑOL was born.
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#dyk MuseumPests has merch?! Show off your pesty person pride while supporting the IPM resource you use and love! As volunteers, we rely on donations to keep MP going and growing.
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#MayThe4thBeWithYou Illustrator @wilkinsonrich creates fanciful #starwars insects! An #R2D2 beetle irl would make #IPM a bit more fun.
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A fantastic example of terrible #silverfish damage from Joel Voron! You can find out more about silverfish by searching our Pest Image Gallery or on our fact sheet #MuseumPests #MuseumIPM
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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
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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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Join us now live on Facebook! Presentation schedule is on our blog (.
Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums
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Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums
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MuseumPests. 1,815 likes. Providing best practices and standards on Integrated Pest Management for the cultural heritage commu
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Check out the schedule for our Museum Pests public presentation session happening tomorrow (March 3)!
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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
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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
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I'll try to get a true #frassfriday up before the end of the day! Until then, enjoy the meme ;) #pheromones #clothesmoths #museumpests #gottacatchemall
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We couldn't get the "Carpet beetle-eating, friendly-bug"? #facepalm #bugs #insects #notamuseumpestsihope
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed arrival of Triatoma sanguisuga, otherwise known as the “kissing bug” for its propensity for biting humans around the mouth, in a report...
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Have awesome #pest images you want to share here or on Shoot us a message via FB or email social@museumpests.net We’re glad to give you, your institution credit. or not if you’d prefer. #museumpests #bugphotos.
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Not pest-related, however the material cultural impact is unavoidable to not mention here. Truly a worst fear among those in the field.
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