1. Dave Smith Petrology Collections Manager European KE EMu Users Conference, April 2012 What’s underfoot? KE EMu un-earths a new moth habitat.

2. The situation IPM Committee with cross- museum representation Consistent and regular trapping in collection and exhibition areas Development of risk management approach using risk zones

3. The problem No centralised database for trapping data –Inability to query and analyse the data Inconsistent departmental reports –Difficult to compare across the Museum Department-centric boundaries –Individuals know situation within their area –No strategic overview

4. The transformation NHM adopted new Modules in Dec 2010. Dept. IPM Committee reps. trained in April 2011. Legacy data from 1997 migrated by Oct 2011. All ‘trappers’ trained and using Trap Modules by Jan 2012.

5. Record structure Pest trapping data consists essentially of two components: –Data which describes the physical location of the trap –Data which records the species diversity, and number of insects found within the trap at any point in time. Trap Location Trap Event Trap Event Trap Event

6. Record structure

7. The problem Increase in number of moths in the gallery spaces! Where?

8. Trap Events - query for moths

9. Trap Events – list view

10. Trap Events – reports

11. Charts – dramatic increase in moths

12. Charts – focus on areas KEY Bird gallery Central Hall Creepy Crawlies Ecology Earth T&T Human Biology Mammals gallery

13. Charts - focus further KEY Bird gallery Central Hall Creepy Crawlies Ecology Earth T&T Human Biology Mammals gallery

14. Charts – focus on specific traps KEY Bird gallery Creepy Crawlies Mammals gallery

15. Spatial analysis

16. IPM Viewer Report

18. 2008 – 2 years since dichlorvos

19. 2009 – hotspots developing

21. 2010 – the beginnings of a problem

23. 2011 – increasing severity

24. Overloaded moth traps

25. So what did we do?

26. Where did the data lead us?

27. Filthy air ducts

28. Air ducts

29. Moth damage

30. What was the action plan?

31. Image courtesy of Warner Bros. & Turner Entertainment Inc.

32. 2012 – the story so far

33. Environmental conditions

34. Conclusion EMu facilitated speedy reactions to a rapidly growing threat to collections on display. –Single data repository for pest trapping data. –Familiarity of the interface. –Ease of data entry AND query. –Close association with specimen/collection information. –Inform senior management based on evidence. –Reporting – multiple ways to dice ‘n’ slice. –Visualisation – communication tool

35. Hot off the press….. Multiple sites Customise scale to facilitate comparisons

36. Hot off the press…..

37. Questions? Dave Smith Natural History Museum, London d.a.smith@nhm.ac.uk