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The ROM has a problem: moths, which can ravage an entire collection
2006
Overview
TORONTO (CP) - In The Silence of the Lambs, a moth's cocoon is discovered in the throat of a murder victim. It's a death's head sphinx moth. This clue that a horrific destroyer is on the rampage is the first tap on the film's resonating gong of dread - something like what struck Royal Ontario Museum staff six weeks ago after one conservationist noticed a moth fluttering above the head of a stuffed lion in the museum's African savannah diorama. It's costly to treat pest infestations, it endangers fragile artifacts to be removed and then reinstated, and there are dangers of fumigation to museum staff and visitors. That's why it's best to invest in the best and most effective pest early-warning systems - sticky traps to capture crawling pests, and pheromone taps to lure egg-laying female pests. Still, the best warning system is probably an alert human with an eye for a flutter of menace.
Publisher
Canadian Press Enterprises Inc
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