By Sarah
This week at the Redoubt I have been checking our insect pest
traps. We lay these sticky traps
throughout the building to catch any moths or bugs that can damage the objects
in the collection.
The poster below shows the insect pests that can be found in
museums. Moths can happily munch their way through a whole uniform if left
undetected and silverfish live for paper!
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| Insect pests, the scurge of the museum! |
Luckily this month we didn’t have many bugs in the traps, just a few silverfish…
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| Silverfish love paper |
One really interesting, or disgusting, discovery was this
trap…which was laid in 2013 and unchecked until today!
Look away now if you are squeamish about bugs!
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| A 3 year-old trap |
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| A mummified spider |
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