Pest Identification Poster
Insect Pests Found in Historic Houses: A poster illustrating a selection of insect pests most commonly found in historic houses and museums in the UK.
To best identify the pests it is recommended that you order a hard copy of the poster from English Heritage Customer Services (or 0370 333 1181) quoting reference number 52010. If the poster is downloaded and printed in A4 or A3 size, the insects will not be to scale.
Insectes ravageurs trouvés dans les monuments historiques et les musées: French version of the poster
Other identification resources
- English Heritage Guideline for Insect Pest Management in English Heritage Historic Properties
- Freezing Guidelines for Controlling Insect Pest Infestation
- Top Tips for Preventing Clothes Moth Infestations
- Clothes Moth Prevention & Control Guidelines
- The Exosex Clothes Moth System and English Heritage
- House mice and rodents in historic buildings and museums
- Varied carpet beetle - fact sheet 1
- Furniture beetle - fact sheet 2
- Death watch beetle - fact sheet 3
- Webbing clothes moth - fact sheet 4
- Case-bearing clothes moth - fact sheet 5
- Cluster flies - fact sheet 6
- Biscuit beetle - fact sheet 7 (2017)
- Silverfish - fact file 8
- Booklice - fact file 9
- Spider beetles - fact sheet 10
- Two spot carpet beetle and vodka beetle - fact sheet 11
- Guernsey carpet beetle - fact sheet 12
- Feral pigeons - fact sheet 13
- Indian meal moth - fact sheet 14
- Rodents - fact sheet 15