This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Cory,
You are correct that it is in the family: Dermestidae but it appears to be in the genus: Trogoderma and possibly species: sternale. I have found the larvae of this species of beetle eating dead insects in a wall void of a museum. Remember that adult dermestid beetle activity for many species begins in late winter and is over by mid-June. It is common to see quite a few species this time of year. Pat Kelley -----Original Message----- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Rogge, Corina E Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:18 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] insect ID help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, we just found this guy crawling around a sink in our lab. It's overall body length is about 4 mm and seems to morphologically resemble a dermestid but doesn't have the usual markings for maculates, lardarius or ater. Any help in identifying this would be appreciated! regards, Cory ________________________________________________________ Cory Rogge, Ph.D. Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor in Conservation Science Department of Art Conservation Rockwell Hall 230 Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Phone: (716)878-4646 Fax: (716)878-5039 email: rogg...@buffalostate.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
