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That appears consistent with an adult ground beetle (Carabidae). It likely wandered in beneath a door or though a hole, or perhaps was a stowaway on some item brought into the facility. In any case, the creature poses virtually no risk, except to other insects. Richard Pollack, PhD. <mailto:r...@identify.us.com> CEO & Chief Scientific Officer IdentifyUS, LLC https://identify.us.com <https://identify.us.com/> ------------------ > On Oct 4, 2017, at 20:21, Madeline McGraw <mmcg...@cityofseward.net> wrote: > > This is a message from the Museumpests.net <http://museumpests.net/> List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > <mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Greetings all, > > This lone beetle was found alive in the secure storage area of my museum > earlier today. I know these photos aren’t the greatest quality, but does > anyone have an ID of this beetle, and could this species pose a threat to my > collection? > > Thanks! > > Madeline McGraw > Curator of Collections and Exhibits > Seward Community Library & Museum > (907) 224-4007 > mmcg...@cityofseward.net <mailto:mmcg...@cityofseward.net> > www.cityofseward.us/libmus <http://www.cityofseward.us/libmus> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net <mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> and in the body > put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> > > > > <IMG_4484.JPG><IMG_4486.JPG><IMG_4485.JPG> ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
