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MONITORING POPULATIONS OF THE WEBBING CLOTHES MOTH, TINEOLA BISSELLIELLA, USING PHEROMONE LURES

Webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella, is a world-wide pest of clothing and textiles in domestic environments and also causes serious damage to textiles and ethnographic material in museum collections. Monitoring traps are an important component of pest control programmes but sticky traps witho...

WOODWORM-A NECESSARY CASE FOR TREATMENT? NEW TECHNIQUES FOR THE DETECTION AND CONTROL OF FURNITURE BEETLE
D. B. Pinniger and R. E. Child | Full Paper | 1996

Woodworm or furniture beetle Anobium punctatum can cause serious damage to wooden objects and the structural timber in buildings. In the light of recent evidence of the reduced incidence of this pest in museum objects and in buildings it is timely to re-examine the need for chemical treatments and a...

INSECT TRAPPING IN MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC HOUSES
R. E. Child and D. B. Pinniger | Full Paper | 1993

Pest control treatments in museums, galleries and historic collections have traditionally been reactive, in response to damage or insect pests being found. Where control treatments or prophylactic measures are taken the pesticides, adjuvants and caniers can themselves be damaging to historic materia...