These look like caterpillars. Could be a tineid moth species. You'll have to do some sleuthing to find out what could be infested.
Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street | New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.org<mailto:sor...@amnh.org> 212-769-5613 voice | 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> ________________________________ From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> on behalf of Frances Cooper <f.coo...@leeds.ac.uk> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 5:21:45 AM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae Hi, I would really appreciate some help identifying the larvae in the attached photo, they are about 5mm long and were found on a pest trap next to a coat stand so it is possible they have been brought in on a coat. Could they be clothes moth larvae or are they too small? [cid:image002.jpg@01D282BE.4FD71AE0] Many thanks, Frances Cooper Frances Cooper Trainee Conservation Technician Special Collections Leeds University Library 01133436375 https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.leeds.ac.uk%2Fspecial-collections&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cbb576a7526a84e71b65d08d450d5f843%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=QqTVm9zaZfVREKo7MiGmI4C4T3iQS4UOvaQ2RPjrKSY%3D&reserved=0> https://library.leeds.ac.uk/treasures<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.leeds.ac.uk%2Ftreasures&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cbb576a7526a84e71b65d08d450d5f843%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=N%2BqDfZvTcE0Jbikopl4Bn2STLdwwaI%2BGCcc%2FIIaDsgY%3D&reserved=0> @UoLTreasures <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fuollibrary&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cbb576a7526a84e71b65d08d450d5f843%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=3b%2FJWJiTrt4Fall%2FHJZr0VQEzxzzyFErCbDDxTTo6jA%3D&reserved=0> [logo sig] Brotherton Library University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
