Kristen,

I can answer just one of your questions.  The traps are called Gluee Louee
economy mouse and insect glue traps (150MBGL).  They are from a company
called Atlantic Paste and Glue in Brooklyn NY.  They are on the web.  Your
institution will have to buy through a local representative but the traps
go for about $35.00 for a box with about 150 to the box.
For the rest of you questions you may want to talk to Dr. Thomas Parker of
Pest Control, Inc.  610-284-6249.  His specialty is bug control in museums,
archives, historic sites, etc.
>Dear Colleagues:
>
>I have searched the Museum-L and CoOL archives and cannot find a
>handy-dandy, succinct answer to the questions our museum and building
>maintenance staff are currently debating. I hope you can help. We have a
>pest control service (integrated pest management) that comes every month to
>check sticky/bait traps in our 3 buildings (one library, one historic house
>museum and one historic house of admin. offices).
>
>What we'd like to know is:
>
>1. How often should the "bug guy" come?
>2. How often should the museum staff formally check for pests?
>3. If you cut back on pest control company visits, have you ever had a
>problem?
>4. If you have the white sticky traps that look like tents (they fold up
>into a triangular profile, have a sticky trap in the base, and a place to
>write the date and location on the side), where do you get them?
>
>I'm tracking literature (I found bibliographies) but real-life stories often
>help make a case.
>Thanks very much for any and all help you can give me,
>
>Kirsten Hammerstrom
>Rhode Island Historical Society
>110 Benevolent Street
>Providence RI 02906
>(401) 331-8575 x 124
>
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