Entomological and Thermo-Hygrometric Monitoring at the Angelica Library in Rome (Italy)

Results of entomological and thermo-hygrometricmonitoring carried out at the Angelica Library in Rome are and discussed. Monitoring was carried out for a whole year, from April 2015 to March 2016. The purpose was to verify the possible presence of infestations of the stored goodswithin the building by pest species and to evaluate the possible correlation between environmental parameters found within the various areas examined and the density of the pest species found. Several pest insectswere found in the library but only the beetles of the family Dermestidae can be regarded as particularly harmful and dangerous. This family was present with the genera Attagenus and Anthrenus. The presence and the frequency of other pest organisms (silverfish, booklice and isopods) can be kept under control by monitoring the environmental parameters. Psocottera were represented by the genera Liposcelis and Dorypteryx.More dangerous pest species such as anobiids, termites, cockroaches or rodents were not found in the library.