Notice catalographique « Identifying insect pests in museums and heritage buildings »
- Titre
- Identifying insect pests in museums and heritage buildings
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Notton, David G.
- Lieu de publication
- London
- Maison d'édition
- The Natural History Museum
- Date de publication
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Collation
- 64 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Résumé
- "Introduction to pest identification Scope This booklet is designed to allow practical identification of pest insects and some insects which are environmental indicators Museums and other heritage buildings in the British Isles, as part of IPM pest monitoring, some commonly encountered non-insect arthropods (springtails, spiders, woodlice, etc.) are also included. Definitions Pest – a kind of insect which has the potential to damage museum collections by eating or soiling objects or labels, or to provide a nuisance or health hazard to museum staff and visitors. Environmental indicator – a kind of insect which lives in environmental conditions (e.g. temperature/humidity) that are unsuitable for collections, and whose presence can be used to infer unsuitable conditions for collections. There is some overlap between what is a pest and an environmental indicator since some pests, e.g. silverfish, can be used to infer that environmental conditions are unsuitable. A practical approach to identification While there are about 20,000 species of insect in Britain, only about 40 species are Museum pests in the UK. This means that traditional complicated identification keys are not necessary and pest species can be recognised by simple aspects of their appearance, such as size, shape, colour, form of the antenna, etc., and it is possible to learn the common types fairly quickly. This booklet allows for the recognition of major groups: beetles, moths, booklice, silverfish and others, and then matching with known pest species. Mostly the features necessary for identification can be seen on specimens stuck on sticky traps. With experience a good hand lens and good lighting should be sufficient to identify most pests; a binocular microscope is helpful but not essential. However not all specimens will be identifiable. Where known, the habitat, feeding habits and type of damage can also give a clue to the type of pest since different pests prefer to eat different things and feed in different ways. It is advisable to form a small reference collection containing the representative specimens of the pest species occurring locally to compare unknown insects against. Ideally these will be verified by an expert. Keeping up to date Pests can change status over time, and new pests will colonise the British Isles, so species not included in this booklet will be found in future. Do refresh your knowledge periodically and keep in touch with fellow IPM reps. For example termites and carpenter ants are not yet a problem in UK Museums but may well become so as climate change progresses. Further study References are included at the end for further study if desired but are not essential."
- Table des matières
Introduction to pest identification
Quick photographic reference for pest beetles, beetle larvae and moths
Beetle pests and environmental indicatorsCarpet beetlesAustralian carpet beetle - Anthrenocerus australis A carpet beetle - Anthrenus fuscus Guernsey carpet beetle - Anthrenus sarnicusVaried carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasciTwo-spotted carpet beetle - Attagenus pellioBrown carpet beetle - Attagenus smirnovi A carpet beetle - Megatoma undata Museum nuisance - Reesa vespulae Berlin beetle - Trogoderma angustumOdd Beetle - Thylodrias contractusHide beetlesLarder beetle - Dermestes lardariusHide beetle - Dermestes maculatus Peruvian hide beetle - Dermestes peruvianus Spider beetlesHump spider beetle - Gibbium psylloides Golden spider beetle - Niptus hololeucus White-marked spider beetle - Ptinus furAustralian spider beetle - Ptinus tectus Furniture beetle and alliesFurniture beetle - Anobium punctatum Cigarette beetle - Lasioderma serricorneBiscuit beetle - Stegobium paniceumDeath watch beetle - Xestobium rufovillosum Other wood borersBamboo borer - Dinoderus minutusA wet wood weevil - Euophryum confineHouse longhorn beetle - Hylotrupes bajulusPowder-post beetle - Lyctus brunneusWharf borer - Nacerdes melanura
Moth pests and environmental indicatorsWhite-shouldered house moth - Endrosis sarcitrella Brown house moth - Hofmannophila pseudospretella Yellow-backed clothes moth - Monopis crocicapitellaPale-backed clothes moth - Monopis obviella Indian meal moth - Plodia interpunctellaCase-bearing clothes moth - Tinea pellionellaWebbing clothes moth - Tineola bisselliella Tapestry moth - Trichophaga tapetzella
Booklice pests and environmental indicatorsA booklouse - Liposcelis bostrychophila
Silverfish and allied pestsGrey silverfish - Ctenolepisma longicaudata Four-lined silverfish - Ctenolepisma lineata Silverfish - Lepisma saccharina Firebrat - Thermobia domestica
Other pests
Other insects and arthropods found in traps
Further reading
Acknowledgements
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Insect pests - Control
- Museum buildings - Pest control
- Museums - Insect pests
- Museum conservation methods
- Buildings - Pest control
- Insectes nuisibles - Lutte contre
- Musées (Édifices) - Lutte contre les nuisibles
- Musées - Insectes nuisibles
- Musées - Méthodes de conservation
- Constructions - Lutte contre les nuisibles
- Pays
- United Kingdom
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- Z 701.5 N68 2018
- Clé
- 18041
- Collection
- Catalogue