Hello Kay and all other interested Conchlers,

I found this article on Museum Pests.  It may be of some help for those of
us who have or have ever had these pests:

Museum Pests http://www.nature.nps.gov/wv/ipm/museum.htm

All the best,
Avril Bourquin
P.O.Box 366
Invermere, British Columbia
Canada
V0A 1K0

Phone: (250) 342-7224
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URL:  www.manandmollusc.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay Lavalier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:10 PM
Subject: Shell Cabinet Pests


> Andrew Vik
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> Dear Conchlers:
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> While there has been much discussion here of Byne's Disease,
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> I don't recall any tips on that other scourge of the shell cabinet,
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> the Museum Beetle larva. You know, those hairy, half centimeter long
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> worms that like to eat the periostraca off bivalves and gastropods
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> and the girdles off of chitons, and any internal visceral matter that
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> you may have missed when cleaning your shells. They really love insect
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> collections most of all. Naphthalene cakes or moth balls would probably
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> keep them at bay, but the fumes from these products keep most people
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> away too. Is there any way to get rid of these pests without fogging the
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> entire house?
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> Yours, Andrew V.