Dave Smith Petrology Curator European EMu Users Meeting, 2-3 rd June 2008

2. Can EMu be used as a tool for pest management? Dave Smith Petrology Curator European EMu Users Meeting, 2-3rd June 2008

3. What is Pest Management? • 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

4. Monitoring • Sticky pest traps • Pheromone traps • Fortnightly – monthly • Database • Analysis • Reporting

5. Total insects caught during summer 2003

6. Total insects caught during summer 2003

7. Total beetles caught during summer 2003

8. Guernsey carpet beetle • Anthrenus sarnicus

9. Total carpet beetle caught during summer 2003

10. Comparison of data year on year 2003 • Comparison of numbers • Comparable • Comparison of patterns • Similar • Peak offset by ~2 weeks 2004

11. Distribution of carpet beetle by trap in 2003

12. 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….

13. The Object Locator

16. Query display • Query the familiar EMu interface • Show traps where • between 1st April & 31st August 2003 • Species = Anthrenus sp. • Lifestage = larva • Total in any trap >= 2

20. View details • 3 traps selected • 5 records found • List • Summary data • Record IRN • X-Y-Z • Hyperlink to details

21. How does it work? • Bitmap of museum plans • Define X-Y-Z grid system for building

22. How does it work? Z Y X

23. 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

24. Pest Trap Location – in the building

25. Pest Trap Location – on the Object Locator

26. Where is the data stored? • A single Tab is all that is required. • It might be best placed in the Conservation Module. • Minimum data fields (as defined by Pest.net) • Trap Number • Type of trap • Location • Date checked • Species • Life stage • Quantity

27. Possible Pest Tab

28. Can EMu be used as Pest Management tool? • To some extent……. • For plotting pest trapping data in the spatial context of the building. • For simple analysis of trends and patterns • For communicating issues to management

29. Limitations • Symbology

30. Anthrenus larvae greater than 2

31. Total insects caught during summer 2003

32. Limitations • Symbology • Temporal trends

33. Temporal data Spatial data Visualisation Combining Dimensional data

34. Spatial comparison of Anthrenus

35. The NHM’s Vision • 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 • Monitoring of changes to building infrastructure • E.g. cabling opening up ‘superhighways’ • IPM means “Integrated”

36. Environmental 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! Temperature red Humidity blue Equally, areas of high insect activity could indicate environmental problems!

37. Temperature - humidity modelling Trap with Anthrenus Beetle >= 2 Sensor

38. 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

39. Conclusion • EMu development wishlist • Customisable symbology • Report type? • Ability to observe temporal data on the plans • AVI export? • Seamless link to environmental data sources • Statistics Module?

40. Questions?