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Karen - Many years ago, I had the same kind of infestation in the frames of old paintings shipped from Florence to the Italian Consulate here in Philadelphia. I've also run into them - a large infestation of"bookworms" in a library in Israel. Anobium punctatum is a fairly common wood-boring beetle in Europe. I've run into it only once here in the U.S. - an infestation in a bedroom floor of an historic building in Newport, R.I. Tom Parker 610-348-9890 Cell -----Original Message----- From: Karen Potje <kpo...@cca.qc.ca> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2016 3:18 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] wood-boring beetle This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- By the way, these hungry wood borers have come from a shipment from Florence, Italy. De : pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net]De la part de Tony Irwin Envoyé : 28 juin 2016 14:32 À : pestlist@museumpests.net Objet : Re: [pestlist] wood-boring beetle This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Anobiidae, possibly Oligomerus. Can you tell us what length the beetles are? Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 28 June 2016 at 15:53, Karen Potje <kpo...@cca.qc.ca> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- We have just received a shipment of drawings and on opening the crate we discovered several dead specimens of the beetle shown in the attached photos. Beneath the layers of drawings is an old wooden architectural fragment that the beetles have been tunnelling through with great enthusiasm. There are huge amounts of frass. We sealed the wrapped the crate in plastic sheeting , and plan to have it treated by anoxia with CO2. What kind of beetle is this? We don’t have a lot of experience with wood-boring insects. Thanks for your help. Karen Potje Chef, Conservation/Restauration Head, Conservation/Preservation Centre Canadien d’Architecture 1920, rue Baile, Montréal, Québec Canada H3H 2S6 514 939 7001 x 1236 www.cca.qc.ca ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com