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Thank you! Predacious or plant eater, at least I know a thrips won't mess with collection material. Thanks, Alan *Alan P. Van Dyke* Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, TX 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Some thrips species are predaceous, too. Note singular and plural > spellings of thrips and species. > > > 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 > > 212-769-5613 <(212)%20769-5613> voice | 212-769-5277 <(212)%20769-5277> > fax > > The New York Entomological Society, Inc. > > www.nyentsoc.org > > n...@amnh.org > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> > on behalf of Pollack, Richard J <richard_poll...@harvard.edu> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:06:10 AM > *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net > *Subject:* RE: [pestlist] ID query > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > That’s a thrips. Note, that thrips is the correct singular and plural form > for insects of this insect order. They’re pests of living plants. Most > often they fly or wander in through open windows and doors. Many are small > enough to pass through intact standard window screens. They should pose no > concern to museum holdings…. unless your facility has valuable living > plants that may be considered desirable to these insects. > > > > -Rich > > > > *Richard J. Pollack, PhD* > > *HARVARD UNIVERSITY* > > Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management (EHSEM) > > Senior Environmental Public Health Officer > > 46 Blackstone St. > > Cambridge, MA 02139 > > *Office*: 617-495-2995 <(617)%20495-2995> *Cell*: 617-447-0763 > <(617)%20447-0763> > > www.ehs.harvard.edu > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.ehs.harvard.edu&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cca4333e906c94e2d00eb08d497a5cb55%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=0Mrn%2BsXfmXqSXoUi00WNly6svHzXIqRV9pNNZcQeghQ%3D&reserved=0> > > richard_poll...@harvard.edu > > > > *Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health* > > Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Disease > > > > > > > > *From:* pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-owner@ > museumpests.net] *On Behalf Of *Alan P Van Dyke > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:57 AM > *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net > *Subject:* [pestlist] ID query > > > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello all, > > > > Attached is a photo of a small insect that has been cropping up lately in > some of my sticky traps. It's about a millimeter in length. Anyone > recognize it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alan > > > > > * Alan P. Van Dyke* > > Preservation Technician > > Harry Ransom Center > The University of Texas at Austin > P.O. 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