{"id":2469,"date":"2021-02-20T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T12:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/termirepel.com\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2021-02-20T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T12:50:36","slug":"the-nasty-book-pests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/the-nasty-book-pests\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NASTY BOOK PESTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Isn\u2019t it particularly scary to know that all of the books that you have collected and treasured over the past many, many years can be destroyed mercilessly? You might wonder who can be so cruel and the answer will definitely surprise you. That is because the destruction of all your precious books is be done by tiny little insects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insect pests that destroy books are apocalyptic for libraries.\u00a0 Beetles, Booklice, Termites, Silverfish, some type of cockroaches, bed-bugs, etc. are among the common book pests. These are all tiny little insects. However, an infestation means humungous damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some pest feed on the book itself, while others feed on the mould\/fungus that grows on books. In any case, they are a nuisance and the infestation does not take much time to spread. Pests breed on the pages of the book and eat the binding and even the glue present on the bindings. They eat the corners of books and also leave non-uniform holes on the pages of the books. Silverfish also stain the pages with the trail they leave behind while they move around on the books. These pests like to hide in cracks and cervices, and tight, dingy spaces and bookshelves provide them the perfect spot. They also feast on other items that they find like wallpapers, cardboard boxes, newspapers, and even the bookshelf itself. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In places like libraries, where the source of food is vast for these insects, an infestation can spread very quickly. The infestation is likely to go unnoticed if close attention is not paid to all books. And if such pest-infested books are borrowed by readers and taken to their homes, the chance of it reaching and spreading there is also quite high. Bedbugs, especially, have been known to be capable of residing and laying eggs on spines of book covers. These bedbugs then travel everywhere the books go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some incidences of\nreported infestations are mentioned below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TWO REPORTS OF BED BUG\nSIGHTINGS IN RYE LIBRARY THIS MONTH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nCampus News, February 20, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\nSarah Tomlinson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nRyerson University Library was closed following a report of a possible bed bug\nsighting. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last\nweek, a bed bug was discovered during a routine inspection and the chair on\nwhich it was found was disposed of, according to an email from Ryerson\u2019s\nFacilities Management and Development (FMD).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FMD\nstated the area was closed off and steamed. Orkin, Ryerson\u2019s pest control\nprovider, inspected the area afterward. No bed bugs were found. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An\nundated picture of a bed bug found on a chair on the 10th floor of Ryerson\u2019s\nlibrary was sent to FMD\u2019s help desk on Wednesday. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under\nthe Ryerson subreddit, a user posted a photo on Tuesday of what appeared to be\na bed bug with the caption, \u201cLooks like the bed bug problem on Ryerson\nlibrary\u2019s 10th floor is still unresolved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nMonday morning, a picture of what appeared to be a bed bug was tweeted to The\nEyeopener by a physics student.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the student, what appeared to be a \u201cbaby bed bug\u201d fell onto their textbook\non the 10th floor of the library. The picture was sent undated and without a\ntime, so FMD said they can\u2019t determine whether the picture was taken last week\nor if it\u2019s a new case of bed bugs in the library. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\narea has been cordoned off again as an extra precaution and a canine team will\nbe re-inspecting the area this evening to ensure it remains clear,\u201d said FMD on\nWednesday.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving library pests\nthe cold shoulder<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.C. Petersen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UW Libraries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedbugs\nreveal a taste for literature, turning up in library books, the New York Times\nreported Dec. 5 in an article headlined \u201cA dark and itchy night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBedbugs\nhave discovered a new way to hitchhike in and out of beds: library books. It\nturns out that tiny bedbugs and their eggs can hide in the spines of hardcover\nbooks. The bugs crawl out at night to feed, find a new home in a headboard, and\nsoon readers are enjoying not only plot twists but post-bite welts,\u201d the\narticle said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UW\nLibraries was among the libraries mentioned in the article as having spotted\nbedbugs this year on returned books.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nAugust, UW circulation staff noticed dark spots and, upon closer examination,\ninsects near the spine of some returned books. Following procedure, the staff\nsealed the books in plastic bags and called Environmental Health and Safety,\nwhich identified the insects as bedbugs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npests were on fewer than ten volumes within the UW\u2019s collection of over\n7million books, said Stephanie Lamson, preservation librarian and someone who\nregularly deals with pests and other threats to libraries collections.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbove\nall, people should not be afraid of libraries,\u201d she said. \u201cBedbugs are much\nmore likely to be encountered in hotels, homes and apartments where they have\neasy access to sleeping humans \u2013 the food source they need to survive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, it can be seen how repairing an infestation would be tedious and tiresome. And we all know that \u2018Prevention is better than cure\u2019. Taking care that such insects and pests don\u2019t get a chance to thrive would be the best bet to truly safeguard one\u2019s precious books and antiques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The common pest control solution used will not only be toxic to the residents in case of a home infestation and reader in case of a library but can also damage the fragile books and antiques. Apart from this, it is also common, after a conventional pest control program, to keep the room\/area closed for up to 3 days because of the toxic fumes and harmful chemicals present in them. And public libraries might have to be shut down, a sad situation for avid readers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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