An Unexpensive Self-Produced Trap for Entomological Monitoring in Libraries and Archives
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Giorgia Fizialetti
Giorgia Fizialetti holds a degree in Conservation and Restoration of Book and Paper, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Her main scientific interests are preservation, management and protection of paper-based documents.Dr. Maria Grazia Filippucci is researcher in zoology at the Department of Biology of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Her main research field is Evolutionary Biology and Systematics of western Palaearctic small mammals. She is teaching Microbiology and Entomology for Library Heritage for the Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Abstract
We present here a self-made trap we designed for monitoring the presence of insects responsible of biodeterioration in a library in the center of Rome (Biblioteca Angelica). The trap was very effective in capturing all types of crawling insects. The trap, made from a transparent plastic layer, allowed the microscopic observation of animal body from both sides with no need of removing the specimen from the entomological scotch on it. Besides, this small transparent trap has a minimal visual impact within the halls of libraries and museums without diminishing its effectiveness and it is easy to place even within cabinets. We therefore recommend the use of this trap, simple and unexpensive to prepare, in libraries, archives, museum and any other conservative environment for monitoring the presence of insects and to contain the size of their populations.
Zusammenfassung
Eine günstige, selbst hergestellte Falle für entomologisches Monitoring in Bibliotheken und Archiven
In diesem Beitrag stellen wir eine selbstgemachte Falle vor, die wir zum Monitoring von schädlichen Insekten in der Biblioteca Angelica im Zentrum von Rom, konzipiert haben. Die Falle war sehr wirksam, um alle möglichen Arten von krabbelnden Insekten zu fangen. Da die Falle aus transparentem Selbstklebeband und auf einer transparenten Plastikschicht hergestellt wurde, können die Insektenkörper von beiden Seiten unter dem Mikroskop betrachtet werden, ohne das Insekt vom Selbstklebeband der entomologischen Falle entfernen zu müssen. Darüber hinaus hat diese kleine, transparente Falle wenig Einfluss auf den visuellen Eindruck innerhalb der Räume von Bibliotheken und Museen, bei unbeschränkter Wirksamkeit. Sie ist auch einfach in Schränken zu platzieren. Aus den oben genannten Gründen können wir die Anwendung dieser einfach und günstig herzustellenden Fallen in Bibliotheken, Archiven, Museen und anderen Umgebungen, die eine konservatorische Überwachung der Anwesenheit und Anzahl von Insekten verlangen, empfehlen.
Résumé
Un piège fait main à faible cout pour la surveillance entomologique dans les bibliothèques et les archives
Nous présentons ici un piège fait main que nous avons conçu pour surveiller la présence d‘insectes responsables de biodégradation dans une bibliothèque du centre de Rome (Biblioteca Angelica). Le piège est très efficace pour capturer tous les types d‘insectes rampants. Le piège, fabriqué à partir d‘une couche de matière plastique transparente, permet l‘observation microscopique du corps de l‘animal des deux côtés sans avoir besoin d‘enlever le spécimen du scotch entomologique collé à celui-ci. En outre, ce petit piège transparent a un impact visuel minimal dans les salles des bibliothèques et des musées sans en diminuer l’efficacité et il est facile à placer même à l‘intérieur de meubles de rangement. Nous recommandons donc l‘utilisation de ce piège, simple et peu onéreux, pour surveiller la présence d‘insectes et contenir la taille de leurs populations dans les bibliothèques, archives, musées et tout autre environnement de conservation.
About the authors
Giorgia Fizialetti holds a degree in Conservation and Restoration of Book and Paper, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Her main scientific interests are preservation, management and protection of paper-based documents.
Dr. Maria Grazia Filippucci is researcher in zoology at the Department of Biology of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Her main research field is Evolutionary Biology and Systematics of western Palaearctic small mammals. She is teaching Microbiology and Entomology for Library Heritage for the Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Acknowledgements
This work was made possible thanks to the availability and support of the Director of the Biblioteca Angelica Dr. Fiammetta Terlizzi, who allowed us to monitor the various storage rooms and halls of the library, and of Dr. M. Fidomanzo, who helped us and followed in research progress.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- A New Housing Concept for the Karl Friedrich Schinkel Collection: Chemical and Mechanical Aspects
- The Soaking Resistance of Electronic Storage Media
- An Unexpensive Self-Produced Trap for Entomological Monitoring in Libraries and Archives
- Cut and Tape: Marguerite Yourcenar’s Emendations to a Typescript of L’Œuvre au noir
