Stressed About Pests? Prevention, Monitoring, & Identification

Insect and rodent pests inflict irreparable damage to museum objects every single day. This webinar covered the history and concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and how one can incorporate IPM within museum environments to prevent pest damage. A few of the many topics that were covered were monitoring, exclusion of pests, and pest identification.

Recorded: Thursday, August 28, 2014

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes

Featured Speaker: Patrick Kelley, Vice President, Insects Limited, Inc. & Identification Group Subchair, IPM Working Group

Featured Resources:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• http://museumpests.net/ Make sure to check out all the fantastic presentations from the 2014 MuseumPests Conference at Colonial Williamsburg.

Recording:

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Image: A section of the illustration Plate X from The Moth Book archived on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.