Dave SmithPetrology Collections Manager

NA EMu Users Meeting, 21-22nd October 2008

Can EMu be used as a tool for pest management?

What is Pest Management?

• Standards of Collections Care

– Implementation of protocols and procedure

• Programme of monitoring

• Reaction to situations

• Proactive action

• Applicable to all collections consisting of soft furnishings, natural fibres, and animal pelts & skeletons

• Universally applicable

• Prevent Pest damage to collections

Monitoring

• Sticky pest traps

• Pheromone traps

• Fortnightly – monthly

• Database

• Analysis

• Reporting

Total insects caught during summer 2003Adult

BeetleBeetle larva Indicator Moth non-pest

10/04/2003 10  0 11 1 24

24/04/2003 6 2 9 1 39

08/05/2003 10 2 6 0 37

22/05/2003 8 2 9 1 33

05/06/2003 12 4 14 0 34

19/06/2003 17 1 15 0 39

03/07/2003 16 9 14 0 41

17/07/2003 17 5 9 0 51

31/07/2003 7 8 14 2 41

14/08/2003 25 9 23 1 56

28/08/2003 4 8 9 2 28

Grand Total 132 50 133 8 423

Total insects caught during summer 2003

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20

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120

10-A

pr

24-A

pr

08-M

ay

22-M

ay

05-Ju

n

19-Ju

n

03-Ju

l

17-Ju

l

31-Ju

l

14-A

ug

28-A

ug

non-pestMothIndicatorBeetle larvaAdult Beetle

Total beetles caught during summer 2003

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5

10

15

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25

30

10-Apr

24-Apr

08-M

ay

22-M

ay

05-Ju

n

19-Ju

n

03-Ju

l

17-Ju

l

31-Ju

l

14-Aug

28-Aug

Unidentified beetleThylodrias contractusStegobium paniceumNiptus hololeucusLasioderma serricorneAttagenus smirnoviAnthrenus sarnicus

Guernsey carpet beetle

• Anthrenus sarnicus

Total carpet beetle caught during summer 2003

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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

08-M

ay

22-M

ay

05-Ju

n

19-Ju

n

03-Ju

l

17-Ju

l

31-Ju

l

14-Aug

28-Aug

Beetle larvaAdult Beetle

Comparison of data year on year

02468

1012141618

02

468

1012

1416

• Comparison of numbers

– Comparable

• Comparison of patterns

– Similar

– Peak offset by ~2 weeks

2003

2004

Distribution of carpet beetle by trap in 2003

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1

2

3

4

5

6

B06 B11 B14 B27 B31 B47 B50 B53 B56 B59 B62

Trap Number

Count

Adult larvaAdult Beetle

What if…….

• …we could plot this data on the plans of the Museum?

• …we could query the data and see the results displayed on the plans?

• …we could display data for the same time period, but from different years to analyse for seasonal patterns?

• WE CAN….

The Object Locator

Query display

• Query the familiar EMu interface

• Show traps where

– between 1st April & 31st August 2003

– Name = Guernsey Carpet Beetle

– Lifestage = larva

– Total in any trap >= 2

Query display

3

Results

View details

Summary Data IRN X Y Z

B56; Anthrenus sarnicus; Adult Beetle; 4; 19/06/2003

10975 50.34

57.8

2.0

B56; Anthrenus sarnicus; Adult Beetle; 2; 17/07/2003

45682 50.34

57.8

2.0

B43: Anthrenus sarnicus; Adult Beetle; 2; 17/07/2003

13986 94.31

57.8

2.0

B62: Anthrenus sarnicus; Adult Beetle; 3; 03/07/2003

15762 62.88

76.1

2.0

B62: Anthrenus sarnicus; Adult Beetle; 3; 31/07/2003

14986 62.88

76.1

2.0

• 3 traps selected

• 5 records found

• List

– Summary data

– Record IRN

– X-Y-Z

• Hyperlink to details

How does it work?

• Bitmap of museum plans

• Define X-Y-Z grid system for building

How does it work?

X

Y

Z

How does it work?

• Bitmap of museum plans

• Define X-Y-Z grid system for building

• Each trap has a unique X-Y-Z co-ordinate

• Each trap is given a Location record into which this X-Y-Z co-ordinate is recorded

Pest Trap Location – in the building

Pest Trap Location – on the Object Locator

What development is required?

• A new Pest Event Module.

• 1or 2 new tabs.

• Minimum data fields (as defined by MuseumPests.net)

– Trap Number

– Type of trap

– Location

– Date checked

– Species

– Life stage

– Count

Possible Pest Event Tab

3

Temporal Trends

Combining Dimensional data

Visualisation

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08-M

ay

22-M

ay

05-Ju

n

19-Ju

n

03-Ju

l

17-Ju

l

31-Ju

l

14-Aug

28-Aug

Temporal data

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1

2

3

4

5

6

B06 B11 B14 B27 B31 B47 B50 B53 B56 B59 B62

Spatial data

Spatial comparison of Anthrenus

Phase 2

• More to pest management than pest trapping

• Monitoring of collection store environments (T/h)

– Association of certain species with environmental conditions

– Room (ambient) cupboard/drawer container

– Relocate specimens according to suitability to the environment

• The ‘i’ in IPM means “Integrated”

• Phase 2 is to integrate environmental data.

Environmental monitoring dataEnvironmental monitoring data

Loggers around the museum show us temperature and humidity readings which may indicate where insects could become a problem or are already a problem but we can’t see it yet!

Humidity(blue)

Temperature(red)

ThresholdStatistics

Environmental monitoring dataEnvironmental monitoring data

Conclusion

• Pest Management is universal

• Visualisation is a powerful tool

– Monitoring

– Communication

• Can EMu be used as a pest management tool?

YES!

• Object Locator provides platform for spatial visualisation

Conclusion

• NHM has initiated discussion with KE Software to assess how much of GIS functionality can be mimicked in EMu.

– Proportional symbology

– Ability to observe temporal data on the plans

– Seamless link to environmental data sources

• The universal applicability of this functionality means that it should be developed by the EMu community for themselves.

• So who’s in…?

Questions?

Wishful Thinking….

Temperature - humidity modelling

Sensor

Trap with Anthrenus Beetle >= 2

Total insects caught during summer 2003

Adult BeetleBeetle larvaIndicatorMothnon-pest