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
