Re: [pestlist] Identification Assistance
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. --- The moth in pics 1 & 2 is a *Monopis *species, almost certainly *Monopis crocicapitella*, which is turning up frequently on pheromone traps in buildings in Britain, but occurs worldwide. To be certain of the identification requires a genitalia prep. Happy to do that for you if you can spare the specimen. Pics 3 & 4 show *Dorypteryx domestica*, as far as I can tell from the photos. This is a species of booklouse that appears to occur frequently in museums and art galleries, but I don't know of anywhere that it has been shown to do much damage. It is certainly less damaging than *Liposcelis*. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 7 July 2017 at 23:13, Benjamin Peerywrote: > 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, > > > > I’ve attached several details of a sticky trap laid in one of our storage > rooms and would very much appreciate help with identification. > > > > The pest in shots 1 and 2 is the only one of its type on the trap. Those > shown in shots 3 and 4 number about 20, which has me concerned. The > storage room, unfortunately carpeted, houses mostly work on paper, > including books. > > > > Best, > > > > Ben > > > > *Benjamin Peery* > > *Registrar* > > Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center > > 2301 Hardies Lane > > Santa Rosa, CA 95403 > > (707) 284-1283 > > www.schulzmuseum.org > > > > - > 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification Assistance
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. --- Just a quick ID would be a tineid moth and multiple insects are booklice. More specifics later or someone else might know one or both species off hand. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] 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 | 917-953-0094 local pager http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin [cid:image002.jpg@01D2F74E.808FC060] The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:image001.png@01D110A0.A110F570] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Benjamin Peery Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 6:14 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification Assistance This is a message from the 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. --- Hello all, I've attached several details of a sticky trap laid in one of our storage rooms and would very much appreciate help with identification. The pest in shots 1 and 2 is the only one of its type on the trap. Those shown in shots 3 and 4 number about 20, which has me concerned. The storage room, unfortunately carpeted, houses mostly work on paper, including books. Best, Ben Benjamin Peery Registrar Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center 2301 Hardies Lane Santa Rosa, CA 95403 (707) 284-1283 www.schulzmuseum.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schulzmuseum.org=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C9355f05f118c44a4a08008d4c5861d66%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0=e6pdSBkf77ZBUZgAbLpJSCWHomm2x2PyRCdKyHP1%2BuQ%3D=0> - 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> - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification
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. --- Hi Matt, Thanks - and I hope you never get it! All the best, Jill From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Mickletz Sent: 23 May 2017 11:48 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- Certainly looks like Reesa vespulae to me as well. I did have to look it up however! It's not one I've come across at our institution (yet). Also, we don't have it in our ID section of MuseumPests. Perhaps we need to add it. Best, Matt Matthew A. Mickletz - Manager, Preventive Conservation - Winterthur Museum<http://www.winterthur.org/> - 302.888.4752 IPM Working Group Co-Chair From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Wilson, Karen Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:54 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: RE: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- Hi Jill, I am no expert but it certainly looks like the larvae we have found associated with adult Reesa vespulae. Karen From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jill Kerr Sent: 23 May 2017 09:53 To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- I am 99% sure these are the larvae of Reesa vespulae but would appreciate confirmation. Many thanks, Jill Jill Kerr Natural Science Conservator National Museums Northern Ireland , , , T - 028 9039 5182 E - jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> [National Museums Northern Ireland]<http://www.nmni.com/> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipients noted above. If you are not one of the intended recipients, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Jill Kerr therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Please consider the environment before printing this email. - 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> Taispe?ntas nua - Dearbh? na Poblachta: ?ir? Amach 1916 New exhibition - Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising http://www.museum.ie/1916/ - 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> - 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> - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification
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. --- Certainly looks like Reesa vespulae to me as well. I did have to look it up however! It's not one I've come across at our institution (yet). Also, we don't have it in our ID section of MuseumPests. Perhaps we need to add it. Best, Matt Matthew A. Mickletz - Manager, Preventive Conservation - Winterthur Museum<http://www.winterthur.org/> - 302.888.4752 IPM Working Group Co-Chair From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Wilson, Karen Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:54 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- Hi Jill, I am no expert but it certainly looks like the larvae we have found associated with adult Reesa vespulae. Karen From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jill Kerr Sent: 23 May 2017 09:53 To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- I am 99% sure these are the larvae of Reesa vespulae but would appreciate confirmation. Many thanks, Jill Jill Kerr Natural Science Conservator National Museums Northern Ireland , , , T - 028 9039 5182 E - jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> [National Museums Northern Ireland]<http://www.nmni.com/> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipients noted above. If you are not one of the intended recipients, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Jill Kerr therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Please consider the environment before printing this email. - 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> Taispe?ntas nua - Dearbh? na Poblachta: ?ir? Amach 1916 New exhibition - Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising http://www.museum.ie/1916/ - 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> - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification
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. --- Hi Jill, I am no expert but it certainly looks like the larvae we have found associated with adult Reesa vespulae. Karen From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jill Kerr Sent: 23 May 2017 09:53 To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: [pestlist] Identification This is a message from the 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. --- I am 99% sure these are the larvae of Reesa vespulae but would appreciate confirmation. Many thanks, Jill Jill Kerr Natural Science Conservator National Museums Northern Ireland , , , T - 028 9039 5182 E - jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> [National Museums Northern Ireland]<http://www.nmni.com/> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipients noted above. If you are not one of the intended recipients, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify jill.k...@nmni.com<mailto:jill.k...@nmni.com> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Jill Kerr therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Please consider the environment before printing this email. - 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> Taispeántas nua - Dearbhú na Poblachta: Éirí Amach 1916 New exhibition - Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising http://www.museum.ie/1916/ - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification please
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. --- Thank you Richard and Louis, much appreciated. Fiona From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin Sent: Friday, 7 April 2017 7:33 a.m. To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Identification please This is a message from the 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. --- Hi Richard, The bark (& ambrosia) beetles are now treated as a subfamily, Scolytinae, of the weevil family, Curculionidae. Not sure if the bug is a mirid – I don’t see a discernable cuneus in the hemelytra and closed cells also in the membranous portion. Not used to looking at New Zealand fauna. Fiona, this site might help on that bug is a mirid. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/systematics/hemiptera/hemiptera-virtual-collection/heteroptera/miridae You might be able to search through it for more insects. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] 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 | 917-953-0094 local pager http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:image001.png@01D110A0.A110F570] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Pollack, Richard J Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 4:56 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification please This is a message from the 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. --- The first two are adult beetles, most likely bark beetles of the family Scolytidae. They resemble Hylastes spp. The third creature appears to be an adult heteropteran, most likely a member of the family Miridae. The images don't allow for much more precision beyond these conclusions. 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 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu<http://www.ehs.harvard.edu> richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases IdentifyUS LLC (https://identify.us.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidentify.us.com=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Ca1aa60e951034a61b19708d47b9d9e65%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0=bm46ttXQ3To0bkHe8yxvAn%2ByA6z13S1igTpP%2BSCvtWQ%3D=0>) President & Chief Scientific Officer From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>> on behalf of Fiona McLaughlan <fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz<mailto:fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:45:35 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Identification please This is a message from the 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. --- Hi, I would be grateful if someone could identify these two insects. Image ‘pest a’ is the bottom view of image ‘pest b’. Apologies for the bleaching effect of the lighting. Kind Regards, Fiona. Fiona McLaughlan Conservator [cid:7bd425ca-1169-446f-ac6c-c8b51f5d293a@oa.dcc.govt.nz] Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin City Council 31 Queens Garden 9016; PO Box 566 Dunedin 9054 Telephone: 03 474 2723 Fax: 03 474 2727 Email: fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz<mailto:fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz> Website: http://www.toituosm.com/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2
RE: [pestlist] Identification please
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. --- Hi Richard, The bark (& ambrosia) beetles are now treated as a subfamily, Scolytinae, of the weevil family, Curculionidae. Not sure if the bug is a mirid – I don’t see a discernable cuneus in the hemelytra and closed cells also in the membranous portion. Not used to looking at New Zealand fauna. Fiona, this site might help on that bug is a mirid. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/systematics/hemiptera/hemiptera-virtual-collection/heteroptera/miridae You might be able to search through it for more insects. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] 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 | 917-953-0094 local pager http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:image001.png@01D110A0.A110F570] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Pollack, Richard J Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 4:56 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification please This is a message from the 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. --- The first two are adult beetles, most likely bark beetles of the family Scolytidae. They resemble Hylastes spp. The third creature appears to be an adult heteropteran, most likely a member of the family Miridae. The images don't allow for much more precision beyond these conclusions. 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 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases IdentifyUS LLC (https://identify.us.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fidentify.us.com=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Ca1aa60e951034a61b19708d47b9d9e65%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0=bm46ttXQ3To0bkHe8yxvAn%2ByA6z13S1igTpP%2BSCvtWQ%3D=0>) President & Chief Scientific Officer From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>> on behalf of Fiona McLaughlan <fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz<mailto:fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:45:35 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Identification please This is a message from the 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. --- Hi, I would be grateful if someone could identify these two insects. Image ‘pest a’ is the bottom view of image ‘pest b’. Apologies for the bleaching effect of the lighting. Kind Regards, Fiona. Fiona McLaughlan Conservator [cid:7bd425ca-1169-446f-ac6c-c8b51f5d293a@oa.dcc.govt.nz] Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin City Council 31 Queens Garden 9016; PO Box 566 Dunedin 9054 Telephone: 03 474 2723 Fax: 03 474 2727 Email: fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz<mailto:fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz> Website: http://www.toituosm.com/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__www.toituosm.com_%26d%3DCwMF_w%26c%3DWO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ%26r%3DGO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE%26m%3Dybsvt5cOHqeSlr0kaFbrmkKYS1SmWXqiycYPcZsWdck%26s%3Dlbax2h5RLs8G7XtdN07938oUxTSXvLI73CDCcWb5u6U%26e%3D=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Ca1aa60e951034a61b19708d47b9d9e65%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0=duMhWY%2Fubnd9sxddgNMB7QfZ7rezf8xtx0iCSQD3d6U%3D=0> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail If this message is not intended for you please delete it and notify us
Re: [pestlist] Identification please
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. --- The first two are adult beetles, most likely bark beetles of the family Scolytidae. They resemble Hylastes spp. The third creature appears to be an adult heteropteran, most likely a member of the family Miridae. The images don't allow for much more precision beyond these conclusions. 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 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases IdentifyUS LLC (https://identify.us.com) President & Chief Scientific Officer From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> on behalf of Fiona McLaughlan <fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:45:35 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification please 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. --- Hi, I would be grateful if someone could identify these two insects. Image ‘pest a’ is the bottom view of image ‘pest b’. Apologies for the bleaching effect of the lighting. Kind Regards, Fiona. Fiona McLaughlan Conservator [cid:7bd425ca-1169-446f-ac6c-c8b51f5d293a@oa.dcc.govt.nz] Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin City Council 31 Queens Garden 9016; PO Box 566 Dunedin 9054 Telephone: 03 474 2723 Fax: 03 474 2727 Email: fiona.mclaugh...@dcc.govt.nz Website: http://www.toituosm.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.toituosm.com_=CwMF_w=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE=ybsvt5cOHqeSlr0kaFbrmkKYS1SmWXqiycYPcZsWdck=lbax2h5RLs8G7XtdN07938oUxTSXvLI73CDCcWb5u6U=> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail If this message is not intended for you please delete it and notify us immediately; you are warned that any further use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this material by you is prohibited. - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification help
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. --- Joel is correct. That's the lesser pine borer. Elegant creature, indeed. 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 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto: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-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Voron, Joel Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 2:32 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the 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. --- Acanthocinus nodosus (Fabricius) Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org> [1474552137245_IMG_0499.JPG] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>> on behalf of Dinkel, Chelsea <chelsea.din...@ringling.org<mailto:chelsea.din...@ringling.org>> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:45:26 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the 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. --- Hello everyone, This interesting visitor was found outside of our museum the other day here in Sarasota, FL. I was just curious as to what it was and wanted to see if anyone had an idea (clearly it's not an immediate threat as it was found outside the museum walls). The body of it was about 3.5 to 4 cm with some really long antennae. Thanks! Chelsea Dinkel - 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> - 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> - 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
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
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. --- I would say an exotic long horned beetle some type of Cerambycidae. JTV Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org [1474552137245_IMG_0499.JPG] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> on behalf of Dinkel, Chelsea <chelsea.din...@ringling.org> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:45:26 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help 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 everyone, This interesting visitor was found outside of our museum the other day here in Sarasota, FL. I was just curious as to what it was and wanted to see if anyone had an idea (clearly it’s not an immediate threat as it was found outside the museum walls). The body of it was about 3.5 to 4 cm with some really long antennae. Thanks! Chelsea Dinkel - 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification
Could be sarcophagid puparium. Difficult to say unless the last segment can be seen. Either sarcophagid or calliphorid flies would be good choices. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] 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 | 917-953-0094 local pager http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:image001.png@01D110A0.A110F570] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 6:16 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification I think the most likely answer is a calliphorid puparium. A bluebottle's sense of smell will guide it to potential food sources, even bricked-up cats. Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 15 February 2017 at 10:42, BLAKE, CHELSEA E. (Student) <chelsea.e.bl...@durham.ac.uk<mailto:chelsea.e.bl...@durham.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi all, I have recently taken this off a desiccated cat found in a mansion wall. I have found evidence of Black Carpet Beetle larvae elsewhere on the cat, but have been unable to identify this sample. It is somewhat conical with a domed top, smooth on the outside but with banded ridges on the interior. Thanks for any help! Chelsea
Re: [pestlist] Identification
I think the most likely answer is a calliphorid puparium. A bluebottle's sense of smell will guide it to potential food sources, even bricked-up cats. Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 15 February 2017 at 10:42, BLAKE, CHELSEA E. (Student) < chelsea.e.bl...@durham.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently taken this off a desiccated cat found in a mansion wall. I > have found evidence of Black Carpet Beetle larvae elsewhere on the cat, but > have been unable to identify this sample. It is somewhat conical with a > domed top, smooth on the outside but with banded ridges on the interior. > > > Thanks for any help! > > Chelsea >
RE: [pestlist] identification requestion from Wisconsin, USA
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. --- I think it's a mirid plant bug from seeing its parts. From outdoors and must have flown into the box at some point. Lou Sorkin From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mullen, Kathleen D - WHS Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 4:34 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification requestion from Wisconsin, USA This is a message from the 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. --- Hello; This little pest ( about 3mm long in it's mangled state) crawled out of a box that came into our reading room from an offsite storage location yesterday. The researcher helpfully 'captured' it for us. Any ideas? Pics are 'front' and 'back' but the pest itself is slightly mangled at this point. Thanks in advance. Katie [cid:image001.jpg@01D1C33D.C7CA2470][cid:image002.jpg@01D1C33D.C7CA2470] - 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> - 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
[pestlist] identification requestion from Wisconsin, USA
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 little pest ( about 3mm long in it's mangled state) crawled out of a box that came into our reading room from an offsite storage location yesterday. The researcher helpfully 'captured' it for us. Any ideas? Pics are 'front' and 'back' but the pest itself is slightly mangled at this point. Thanks in advance. Katie [cid:0d1713a6-b492-49a3-b0bb-caa937fdad66][cid:c6df6035-e551-48c3-93ee-beebb3d54be6] - 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
Re: [pestlist] identification: two types of tiny beetles
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- First photo is Anthocomus bipunctatus - an introduced European species of Soft-winged flower beetle. Second photo (and possibly third) is a Trogoderma species (Dermestidae). Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 9 June 2014 21:03, Mullen, Kathleen D - WHS kathleen.mul...@wisconsinhistory.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- I found these three - out of maybe a dozen all together - on two window sills of our rare book storage. The room and the window sills have been cleaned well within the past year and are pretty routinely monitored. Other than multicolored Asian lady beetles which try in droves to get in through the windows in fall, this is the first I've seen of pests in this area. (We made efforts last fall to re-seal the windows, since some lady beetles were clearly getting in in previous years.) Image 5 shows what appears to me to be a beetle which is about 4 mm long in with brown and black stripes. Image 6 and 7 show what I am concerned may be carpet beetles. They are about 2.5 mm long and have varied light reddish brown and black markings, though i don't see any very white areas, which I'm used to seeing on pictures of carpet beetles. Thank You, Katie Mullen Preservation Coordinator, Library-Archives Wisconsin Historical Society 816 State Street Madison, WI 53706-1482 PH: 608-264-6489 cell: 608-575-8944 kathleen.mul...@wisconsinhistory.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- It's a heteropteran bug that's come in from outside - a plant feeder, and no threat to your collections. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 8 May 2014 22:56, Sadvary, Rachel rachel.sadv...@phxart.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi All, Nice to “meet” you! I need some help identifying an insect that was seen on one of our gallery walls today (5/8/2014) in Phoenix, AZ. It measures about 2 mm long. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! [image: sadvary] -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.netand in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] Identification help please
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, Can anyone help me with identification of this lovely creature? 2 were found on a sticky trap. They are 3mm long. Thanks, Bernice [cid:image001.jpg@01CF264E.8C749970] photo Bernice Morris Assistant Conservator of Costume and Textiles Philadelphia Museum of Art 215-684-7579 bernice.mor...@philamuseum.orgmailto:bernice.mor...@philamuseum.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com inline: image001.jpg
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thank you for your advice. I will set up the traps. Tony Irwin tony.ir...@btinternet.com , 2/3/2014 9:58 PM: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Looks very like Tineola bisselliella - the webbing clothes moth. This can be a persistent museum pest, feeding on a variety of animal derivatives, especially wool. Usual action would be to get the identification confirmed (from a specimen) then monitor using baited traps to establish the extent of the problem. Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 3 February 2014 17:03, landgr...@chinati.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Soo pretty in pink!!! B Bettina Landgrebe Director of Conservation The Chinati Foundation PO Box 1135 1 Cavalry Row Marfa, TX 79843 t. 432 729 4742 f. 432 729 4597 landgr...@chinati.org www.chinati.org From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mette Carlsen Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:16 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, The insect was found alive in the basement (office area) of our museum in New York City. There were a few of them. Can anybody assist in identifying this insect, please? Many thank, Mette -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Soo pretty in pink!!! B Bettina Landgrebe Director of Conservation The Chinati Foundation PO Box 1135 1 Cavalry Row Marfa, TX 79843 t. 432 729 4742 f. 432 729 4597 landgr...@chinati.org www.chinati.org http://www.chinati.org/ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mette Carlsen Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:16 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, The insect was found alive in the basement (office area) of our museum in New York City. There were a few of them. Can anybody assist in identifying this insect, please? Many thank, Mette -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi, The common name of this fly is Fungus Gnat. Typically this insect is associated with potted plants that are over-watered. Over-watering potted plants promotes fungal growth which the immature stage, maggot, feeds on. Inspect the plant soil and look for the tiny maggots AND shake the plant and see if you observe any adult gnats fly around. If the plant(s) are the source, you can remove them or discard them if possible. Fungus gnats also can be found in damp areas with decaying organic matter. An insecticidal soap can be used to treat the potting soil and mitigate the maggot stages. Additionally, you can install yellow colored sticky traps in the potted plants to monitor for these gnats. Hope this helps. Mike Deutsch MS BCE Urban Entomologist Long Island, New York From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Kacey Page Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:28 AM To: pestlist Subject: [pestlist] Identification Help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello All We keep getting this bug in our pest traps at the Museum. The traps are located in a live insect area (but this is not one we have on display!) Can any one help identify it? Thanks for any help on this! Kacey Page Collections Manager Buffalo Museum of Science 1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211 716-896-5200 x381 kp...@sciencebuff.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- They look very much like Dienerella (Latridiidae). A dorsal view would help confirm the genus, but specific identification will be difficult from a photo. They are one of the mould beetles, and are likely to be associated with the lunch room, rather than the archives, unless your storage conditions are rather damp? ;o) Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Shannon Coles Sent: 02 October 2012 14:48 To: pestlist Subject: [pestlist] Identification Help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, We have been finding quite a few of these very small insects in our traps lately. I'm not sure what they are. They remind me of powder post beetles but being an archives that doesn't make a lot sense to me. This trap was located in our lunch room under the sink. Any help that can be offered is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Shannon Coles Preservation Services Archives of Ontario Email: shannon.co...@ontario.ca -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com [22] -Original Message- FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [1] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [2]]ON BEHALF OF bugma...@aol.com [3] SENT: 21 December 2011 19:13 TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [4] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [5] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [8] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org [9] www.societyofthecincinnati.org [10] -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Both dermestids and tineids will graze on silk sizing, but they both require keratin for larval development. Tom Parker Sent from my iPhone On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Lou sor...@amnh.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of raw silk). The process is called degumming. Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] ON BEHALF OF Lou SENT: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM TO: pestlist@museumpests.net SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [34] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com [35] wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [22] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com [23] -Original Message- FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [1] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [2]]ON BEHALF OF bugma...@aol.com [3] SENT: 21 December 2011 19:13 TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [4] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [5] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney and Lou - In my consulting travels, I've even seen silverfish damage to silk. They graze the surface and finally make their way through the threads. If a piece is displayed against a backing, they will hide behind it and feed from the back to the front. I've also seen quite a bit of damage from ultra-violet light to silk. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lou sor...@amnh.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 11:23 am Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of “raw” silk). The process is called “degumming.” Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lou Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Yes, Tom, so have I. Silverfish can also be found in hot attics. It's interesting that there are uses for sericin after degumming. http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/16/1510/a-value-added-finish-from-silk-degumming-waste-liquor1.asp [66] [67]Silk moth pupae/cocoons are boiled in water and the cocoon silk removed. The bare pupa is eaten (tastes O.K.)-- can quickly cook with oil, spices. The hot water must aid in sericin removal or some other process is also used? Raw silk fabric possibly prepared a different way or sericin is removed via another method that doesn't disturb it in boiling water? It is hot water soluble, however. Article notes that it offers UV protection. If it's removed, then I guess the UV protection goes out the window. But how about raw silk-- is UV protection by virtue of leaving sericin intact? On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney and Lou - In my consulting travels, I've even seen silverfish damage to silk. They graze the surface and finally make their way through the threads. If a piece is displayed against a backing, they will hide behind it and feed from the back to the front. I've also seen quite a bit of damage from ultra-violet light to silk. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lou To: pestlist Sent: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 11:23 am Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [55] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [34] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of raw silk). The process is called degumming. Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [35] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [36]] ON BEHALF OF Lou SENT: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [37] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [38] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com [39] wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.comattachment: unidentified beetle.JPG
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Where are you finding it? Gretchen From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lisa V Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:01 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification help Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- In a warehouse. Pretty low humidity, usually around 15-20%, avg. temperature around 70. I don't think it's a powderpost beetle because it has several segments on the lower half. Lisa From: Anderson, Gretchen anders...@carnegiemnh.org To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 10:28:09 AM Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Where are you finding it? Gretchen From:ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lisa V Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:01 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification help Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana , if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Lisa - It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles in the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lisa V lver...@yahoo.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Correct, not lyctine bostrichid (powderpost beetles are included in Bostrichidae rather than Lyctidae). Body would not look like this beetle, and this looks like a staphylinid. Typical with the rove beetles, the elytra of this species are short and the abdominal sclerites are visible from above. Powderpost beetles have very different antennae with terminal knobs, body not shaped like this staphylinid, but more narrow and parallel-sided. Pronotum also would not be wide like that pictured here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Device bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Lisa - It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles in the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lisa V lver...@yahoo.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] Identification, Please.
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thank you, Lou. Yes, we are in NW Washington, D.C. The Storeria dekayi makes perfect sense. I appreciate the help. My best, Joni Joseph From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lou Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 11:50 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification, Please. This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- I'd look up Dekay's snake (if you are writing from US) Storeria dekayi. On Fri, 27 May 2011 11:34:36 -0400, Joni Joseph wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello Experts, Can anyone identify this snake? It was on one of our pest monitors in the basement of an historic home. It is approximately 20 centimeters long. We want to be certain its family members aren’t a hazard to our guests and garden staff. Thank you in advance for the help. My best, Joni Joseph -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] Identification Request (On Leave)
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thank you for your message. I am on leave now from Friday 22nd April to Tuesday 3rd. I will reply to your message on my return. If your message is urgent, please contact Richard Wiliams on 0207 7416 5414 (rwilli...@iwm.org.uk) Regards, Philip Baxter -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] Identification Request
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thank you, Tom. My mind is more at ease. Joni Joseph Collections Assistant Tudor Place Historic House and Garden 1644 31st Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 202.965.0400 ext. 103 Fax: 202.965.0164 www.tudorplace.orghttp://www.tudorplace.org [cid:image001.jpg@01CC08C0.1EC19D50] From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:42 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification Request This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Joni - It is a leaf feeding beetle in the order Chrysomelidae. It simply wandered indoors from outside. It is no threat to collections, however, the carcass may be large enough to house a carpet beetle larva. Others in this family of beetles are the elm leaf beetle, Colorado potato beetle, tortoise beetles, the locust leaf miner, flea beetles, the spotted cucumber beetle, and the asparagus beetle. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Joni Joseph jjos...@tudorplace.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.Net Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 10:25 am Subject: [pestlist] Identification Request This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear List: I have never come across this beetle in the historic home where I work. I searched some of the pest ID sites with no success. Can anyone tell me if it is a threat to collection objects? Many thanks, Joni Joseph Collections Assistant Tudor Place Historic House and Garden 1644 31st Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 202.965.0400 ext. 103 Fax: 202.965.0164 www.tudorplace.orghttp://www.tudorplace.org/ [cid:image001.jpg@01CC08C0.1EC19D50] -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.netmailto:imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.commailto:l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.commailto:l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: unsubscribe - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com inline: image001.jpg
RE: [pestlist] Identification of larvae found in lab?
This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Leon, I did not take the image but it was taken in house at the National Library of Australia and you have permission to use it for the website. Alexa -Original Message- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of l...@mgcarclub.com Sent: Saturday, 7 November 2009 1:30 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification of larvae found in lab? This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Alexa - This is a good shot of this (what ever it turns out to be). It would be a good image to add to the museumpests.net web site. If you are the originator of the image could we have permission to use it ? Leon Zak -Original Message- From: Alexa McNaughtReynolds amcna...@nla.gov.au Reply-to: pestlist@museumpests.net To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification of larvae found in lab? Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:58:22 +1100 Can anyone identify the larvae that we have found in our lab? Many thanks Alexa amcna...@nla.gov.au - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.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 send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.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