• SHAKEEL AHMAD
• ABDURAHEEM K.

ABSTRACT Mostly natural history collections with large numbers of dried insects, usually stored in drawers, dry plant material in herbaria, stuffed animals, fur and skeleton specimens are at a very high risk of infestation and damage. Large numbers of objects of these vulnerable materials very attractive as food for some insects are stored close to each other and in dark areas. Insect pests are responsible for substantial damage to museum objects. Different beetles of Dermestides family (Attagenus sp., Anthrenus sp., Dermestes sp., Trogoderma sp.), moths like the webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) and booklice (Psocoptera) can damage , objects or building parts. They are the some most common pests found in collections of Indian museums, but most of them are distributed all over the world. In tropical countries, termites, cockroaches, beetles and other insect pests are also found and result in even higher damage of wood, natural history objects and paper materials. An introduction to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in museums is given, the most valuable collections, preventive measures, monitoring in museums, staff responsible for the IPM

IPM, museums, prevention, insect pests.

"PEST MANAGEMENT OF STUFFED NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM COLLECTION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR SAFEGUARDING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.h772-h781, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206786.pdf

"PEST MANAGEMENT OF STUFFED NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM COLLECTION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR SAFEGUARDING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. pph772-h781, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206786.pdf