Re: [pestlist] Carpet Beetle larvae

[Voron, Joel]

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 Vacuuming the undersides of wool carpets that cannot be frozen. Particularly 
paying close attention 6 inches in from the edges of area carpets or rugs.  I 
inspect under edges of rugs in August here seems to be the time to catch them 
before any real damage can occur. JTV






Joel Voron   Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

  Conservation Dept.

 Integrated Pest Management

  Office 757-220-7080

Cell 757-634-1175

  E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org





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On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Adrienne Dastgir 
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Hi all,

This was found upstairs in a draw. The area is the front desk where the phone 
and entryway is located. Where the public visit the exhibits.  The area has 
carpet. Also people that have been working the front desk have been leaving 
processed foods.  I did not see any adults, only the larvae.   I am unsure if 
it is Furniture Carpet Beetle (Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte) or Buffalo carpet 
Beetle (Anthrermus scrophulaia.)  I am thinking it is the Furniture Carpet 
Beetle ((Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte).   We do have textiles, and wool in the 
collections.Am I correct on the ID.  What are some recommendations on how 
to keep them contained  to the one area.  I know you can place items in 
freezers. The draws do not come out of the desk and I not thank they will pull 
the carpet up any time soon.   We currently have a few textiles artifacts on 
display.  Should I recommend that the textiles be placed in the freezer and 
what other recommendation should I make?

Thanks for any help with this.

Adrienne Dastgir
Curator of Collections
Chickasaw Culture Center
867 Cooper Memorial Dr.
Sulphur Ok 73086
(580)-622-7130




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RE: [pestlist] Help with unknown beetle

[Adrienne Dastgir]

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Thanks,

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Behalf Of Louis Sorkin
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 10:33 AM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: RE: [pestlist] Help with unknown beetle

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It looks like a staphylind beetle, offhand. Not a pest species. Almost all are 
predatory.

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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 10:49 AM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: [pestlist] Help with unknown beetle

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Hi, all

I am having trouble identifying this beetle.  I am not sure if the wings are 
broken or if they stop and expose the end of the abdomen.  It is a small 
beetle.  I want to make sure it is not a threat to any collections.   We house 
wood, textiles, photos, books, papers,  pottery, stone, and various metal 
objects.  I work mainly with the Archelogy collections which will be moving to 
a new building sometimes this year.   All the collections are housed in a 
basement, since April we have had a humidity problem, the last two weeks it has 
in proved.  When we move the paper, photos, and books will be staying in the 
current building only 3D objects and Archelogy collections will be moving.





Thanks for any help,
Adrienne Dastgir
Curator of Collection
Chickasaw Cultural Center
867 Cooper Memorial Drive Sulphur, OK 73086
(580)-622-7130



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