Corretcion.In my haste at days end I forgot the title : NPCA Field Guide
to Structural Pests. There is no ISBN or Library of Congress #-strange?

Len Hambleton - Objects Conservator
North Carolina Museum of History
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Raleigh NC. 27601-1011
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Len Hambleton
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 5:10 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Musem pests-Field Guide to
>
> This post in in reply to the museum staff in Alaska who were looking
> for actual examples of  powder post pests and other related anobids in
> a slide or kit form.
> Our state government has a great entomology department at North
> Carolina State University and the staff very helpful even when I ask
> dumb questions such as when an intern thought he'd had been bitten by
> a wevil and swore the resultant rash was making him ill. I actually
> got an answer to my question because I didn't know. And the answer was
> no "not possible",just so I do not keep you all guessing.
>
> From our Structural Pest division of the Dept. of Agriculture I
> learned about the following manual ; it"s pictorial plates show larvae
> stages to the adult pest ,excellent biological cross section diagrams
> and detailed information in such subheadings as   :
> recognition
> similar groups
> damage
> biology habits
> control
>
> Pest specie are:
> Ants
> Bees,hornets & wasps
> Bloodfeeders
> Cockroaches
> Fabric and paper pests
> Flies
> Occaisonal Invaders
> Spiders
> Stored produce pests
> Termites
> Vertbrate pests
> Wood -attacking fungai
> Wood-infesting insects
> Pesticide Reference charts,glossary and index naturally
>
> It costs appx$75.00 U.S. ( including supplements) and is available
> from:
>
> National Pest Control Association
> 8100 Oak Street
> Dunloring Va 22027
> U.S.A                             Phone # 703-573-8330            Fax
> 703-573-4116
>
> So curl up by the fire and get aquainted!
> Regards
>
>
> Len Hambleton - Chief Conservator
> North Carolina Museum of History
> 5 East Edenton Street
> Raleigh NC. 27601-1011
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> 919-715-0200 x244
> "Information in the spirit of sharing,catch the wave!"
>
> Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my
> agency
>