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How interesting! I mean - it's not great that we have them...but so amazing how they have a spring apparatus to propel themselves! It makes sense now how they were jumping so much when discovered. After reading the fact sheet on them on the museumpests.net website, it is also starting to make sense why they might be in these boxes and will lead us to the root of the problem (which I imagine will be an RH issue at the offsite storage facility where these boxes came from). Many, many thanks Lynn and Louis! Best, Crista On 21 June 2016 at 22:28, 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Actually good examples of what are commonly known as springtails. At one > time classified as insects, but are now in another category of hexapods. > The Collembola is now considered a subclass and the different subcategories > of these springtails are the orders. This one is an entomobryid > collembolan. The furcula is the structure of the spring apparatus situated > at the rear of the body and it folds forward and clasps on the ventral side > of the body. A quick release propels the creature from the substrate > surface. > > 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 voice | 212-769-5277 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 Crista Pack [pac...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2016 12:37 PM > *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net > *Subject:* [pestlist] Pest ID > > 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, > > This morning the following four pests were caught in an Archives > processing area, on someone's desk. They suspect that they came out of a > box of documents that were being processed, but are not certain. There are > also boxes nearby from recent supply shipments. > > The pests were caught with pieces of scotch tape and, as a result, are > slightly mangled. They range in size from 2mm - 3mm. > > I know they're pretty smashed, but I was hoping some components that are > visible might provide clues to what they are? > > Thanks in advance! > > Best, > > Crista Pack > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
