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Please note that spiders are not museum pests. Spiders are present in collections when they are feeding on some other creatures that most likely are museum pests. Although we do not want spiders in our collections, either, the goal of Integrated Pest Management is to get rid of the collection pests so that the spiders will go away of their own accord.
Although many pest control companies will "spray for spiders," in truth there are very few poisons that will kill spiders. The correct way to handle this situation is to quarantine the collection (for example, by sealing the artifacts temporarily in polyethylene bags) until you can determine what pests the collection has, then apply appropriate control measures specifically targeted at those pests, that are designed to protect the artifacts. Please do not just use some general fumigant or repellant without thoroughly researching it first.
Sincerely,
John
John E. Simmons
Natural History Museum and Musem Studies Program
University of Kansas
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From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Stephanie Daniels
Sent: Tue 1/4/2005 3:18 PM
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Subject: Pest Infestation
We are acquiring a large collection that is known to be infested with
brown recluse spiders. It has been suggested that the artifacts be
treated with a chemical that is the crystalline form of common moth
balls. Does anyone have a better, less toxic method for dealing with
spiders?
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Stephanie L. Daniels
Collections Specialist
ITARP
209 Nuclear Physics Lab
23 Stadium
Champaign IL 61820
ph. 217-333-0263
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