Providing solutions to insect pests attacking our heritage and our homes. @historyonics.bsky.social
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Remember to store and protect your knitted nativity shepherds, wise men , sheep, donkeys, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus to ensure they can all reappear this time next year.
A reminder for all our heritage clients who have created such magical settings for their visitors with many splendid Christmas Trees.
“Up to 25,000 insects come into the house with the tree.”
See it, stop it, Constrain it!
🇬🇧Insect tree. Before the year ends, the much-quoted study from the Bergen University Museum in Bergen, Norway gave me this idea in the last few days. Up to 25,000 insects come into the house with the tree. “Insects” is probably a general term for anything that crawls. The majority are springtails, bark lice, mites, moths and the odd spider. If you have a tree in your house and you hate insects… start to love them😇 I wish you all a few quiet days and stay healthy, looking forward to 2025.
🇩🇪Insektenbaum. Bevor das Jahr zu Ende geht brachte mich die viel zitierte Studie vom Universitätsmuseum aus Bergen/Norwegen in den letzten Tagen auf diese Idee. Bis zu 25.000 Insekten kommen mit dem Baum ins Haus. Wobei „Insekten“ wohl eher allgemein für alles was krabbelt steht. Den Großteil decken Springschwänze, Borkenläuse, Milben, Motten und die eine oder andere Spinne ab. Falls ihr einen Baum im Haus habt und Insekten hasst… beginnt sie zu lieben 😇 Ich wünsche euch allen ein paar ruhige Tage und bleibt gesund, freu mich auf 2025.
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It was the (rescheduled thanks to #stormdarragh) Monmouth Christmas Lantern Parade tonight. We thought we would build a moth (of sorts). Agincourt Square. Shire Hall.
Conservation Matters in the North 2024: Transferrable Skills in Conservation. Great lecture room and a good attendance in an excellent museum building. And #Gaia is here too. @BoltonLMS
Looking forward to a packed day in Bolton tomorrow. Conservation Matters in the North 24: Transferrable Skills in Conservation eventbrite.com/e/conservatio…
An incredibly busy day at the HBPGE event in association with @Historic_Houses . This was the stand before opening. Have talked strategies for clothes moths, carpet beetles, the dreaded cluster fly, and many more. Good to meet old contacts and new. historyonics.com
Up in town for a few days at the annual @Historic_Houses AGM and the #HPBGE event by #Hall-McCartney. Can’t miss it. Look for the purple building opposite the famous white towers . @QEIICentre 12th November 2024. Stand D23.
CSI, why so many Clothes Moth larvae in the bath. Head to attic to find capped down lighters surrounded by wool insulation - home to hundreds if not thousands of moths. Many falling through the downlighter into the room below. Crime solved. But what to do about the wool?
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#WelshMuseumsFestival is here! 🏴
Museums across Wales are hosting events and activities for all ages over half term 🙌
We spoke to Rhian at Rhondda Heritage Park to find out what they’ve got planned 👇
At this time of year mice will come indoors for shelter. Be careful if you use bait to manage them. Several bait recipes contain cereals, a foodstuff for carpet beetle larvae. You could end up with more than just mice as residents.
View now! The Uninvited Guest from the Unremembered Past. Throughout @TyntesfieldNT , artist Nichola Turner has created a series of evocative installations made from organic matter, such as wool and horsehair. Well treated to ensure no other guests appear uninvited.
‘An irreplaceable portal to the past’: @EnglishHeritage launches campaign to help preserve more than one million artefacts theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/…
Busy morning at @BrodsworthHall . Great house and gardens to visit and you never know what else is happening. #croquet #englishheritage
It’s not necessary to treat the complete carpet to protect them from textile insect pests. The edge is often the first area to be attacked. Apply #Constrain to the under edge and vacuum regularly. #carpetbeetle
Constrain was not given the red carpet treatment today but rather the Red Carpet was given the Constrain treatment. #Carpetmoth
