Traps & Pest Events modules

In response to a collaborative request from EMu IPM usersClosed including staff from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Natural History Museum, London the functionality of the Trap Events module has been extended to allow capturing additional data relating to pest issues associated with museum collections. Changes include:

  • Renaming the Trap Events module to Pest Events to better reflect the extended role of the module.
  • Two new record types (giving a total of three):

    Type

    Details

    Trap

    The original Trap Events record type for recording details of what was found in a trap on a given date. Some changes have been made to labels and field layout for consistency with the two new record types.

    Visual Inspection

    A new record type intended for recording planned environment or specimen inspections.

    Incident

    A new record type intended for recording casual pest sightings. A casual pest sighting is one that occurs outside of a planned Visual Inspection.

  • A new Objects tab to record objects or specimens involved in an infestation. The Catalogue module now includes a reverse attachment tab that displays pest events associated with an object / specimen.
  • A new Actions tab to record any immediate and long term measures taken to resolve a reported pest presence or issue.

Two modules, Traps and Pest Events, provide pest management support:

  • The Traps module records information about the type and location of traps used by an institution to capture pests.

  • The Pest Events module records details about pests found at a specific location from different pest events, including trapping, planned inspections or casual pest sightings. The collection objects / specimens involved in an infestation and any mitigatory actions can also be recorded.

A comprehensive set of reports provides graphical data about the prevalence of pests within your institution.

Tip: See Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for details.

Note: As every institution is able to customise EMu to suit its requirements, there are many different versions of EMu. Even where institutions have the same modules, the tabs included in each instance of the module may be different; and even where institutions have tabs with the same name, the fields on those tabs may be different. For that reason this section only provides a general description of modules.

Tab Description

Trap

Holds details about the type (Trap Details) and location (Placement Details) of a trap used by an institution to capture pests.

The Trap Events table at the bottom of the window provides a history of pest incidents for this trap.

Tasks

See Tasks tab for details.

Notes

See Notes tab for details.

Multimedia

See Multimedia tab for details.

Security

See Security tab for details.

Audit

See Audit tab for details.

Admin

See Admin tab for details.

Note: As every institution is able to customise EMu to suit its requirements, there are many different versions of EMu. Even where institutions have the same modules, the tabs included in each instance of the module may be different; and even where institutions have tabs with the same name, the fields on those tabs may be different. For that reason this section only provides a general description of modules.

Tab Description

Trap

Displays when Type = Trap:

Records details relating to the monitoring of a specific trap on a given date.

In the Traps module, a complete history of trap events is maintained for each trap in the Trap Events table.

Incident

Displays when Type = Incident.

Records the date and location of a casual pest sighting. A casual pest sighting is one that occurs outside of a planned Visual Inspection.

Visual Inspection

Displays when Type = Visual Inspection.

Records the date and location of a planned environment or specimen inspection.

Pests

Records detailed pest information for all pest events.

Actions

Details about any immediate and long term measures taken to resolve a reported pest presence or issue.

Objects

Displays when Type = Incident or Visual Inspection.

Records objects / specimens involved in an infestation.

A reverse attachment tab in the Catalogue module displays pest events associated with an object / specimen.

Tasks

See Tasks tab for details.

Notes

See Notes tab for details.

Multimedia

See Multimedia tab for details.

Security

See Security tab for details.

Audit

See Audit tab for details.

Admin

See Admin tab for details.