to right,
Stegobium paniceum adult; a seed (not pest); a dermestid larva exuvium; and
a tineid larval case (like that of Tineola pellionella).
Tony Irwin
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Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England.
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Looks like Anobium punctatum, the Woodworm Beetle.
Tony
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I don't think these are ground beetles. It would be very unusual to
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If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it
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Looks very like Xestobium - Death watch beetle.
Tony Irwin
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Always hesitate to disagree with David ...
But I feel that this is
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They look like Noctua pronuba - in Britain it is known as the Large
,
Hofmannophila pseudospretella.
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Looks like a Cryptophagus to me.
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identification (as Cryptophagus) was incorrect. It is Typhaea
(Mycetophagidae). Apologies for any confusion.
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) - they are often
abundant near water, where the larvae live, and swarms of males can
sometimes be a nuisance. They don't pose a threat to the building or
contents, but can be annoying for visitors (and staff!).
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the windows, or avoid opening them when there is a
light on. But sometimes it is difficult to get the message across to staff
who are uncomfortably hot, and feel the need for a bit of fresh air.
Tony Irwin
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It's a beetle larva, and doesn't appear to be a dermestid, but I'd
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It's a beetle larva
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They are probably Dorypteryx domestica, a species that has been
damaging pests might thrive.
Regular cleaning and monitoring, as you describe, will be the best defence.
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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
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Brown Widow - Latrodectus geometricus. Plenty of information
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Deathwatch beetle - *Xestobium rufovillosum. *The frass has this
to be on the
increase in museums in Britain.
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On 7 May 2013 18:21, Katharine Elise Corneli katy.corn...@umfa.utah.eduwrote:
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Dina -
Can you tell us where the fly was found? It looks like a
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It is a tick. First-instar larval mites (including ticks) only have
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Appears to be a Trogoderma species.
Tony
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Laura -
The standard work on British Booklice is New's Royal
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This is a plant bug.
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I'm surprised to hear the suggestion that these are fly spots. It
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Hi Betsy
Although Thylodrias does have clubbed setae, they are not
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It's a heteropteran bug that's come in from outside - a plant
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To me, they look more like beetle larvae - Cryptophagidae or
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First photo is Anthocomus bipunctatus - an introduced European
Enlarging the photo shows that these are booklice (psocids or Psocoptera).
The colour, shape and behaviour are not quite right for Latridiidae. But
what Tom said for plaster beetles goes for booklice as well. I would
suggest these are coming in with the wooden containers, and unless you have
damp
Megan -
Your creature is a springtail. Possibly a Seira species.
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On 13 November 2015 at 19:23, Jablonski, Megan T CIV NHHC, NUM <
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It's a parasitic wasp, family Evaniidae. Probably just an
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Looks like Brown House Moth - *Hofmannophila pseudospretella*.
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Anobiidae, possibly Oligomerus. Can you tell us what length the
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.
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On 15 February 2017
One of the *Chalcophora *species - larvae feed in decaying pine wood, so
should not be regarded as a pest of historic buildings (unless you have
bigger problems!)
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I'd say this was a species of *Trixagus *(Elateridae). They breed
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Hi Simon
This is one of the bark beetles (Scolytinae) - I would
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The moth in pics 1 & 2 is a *Monopis *species, almost certainly
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The psocid is *Dorypteryx domestica *(a minor pest if at all). The
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I can't see this is *Plodia *or *Ephestia*. It resembles the
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Hi Forrest
Have you any reason to doubt the original
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Hi Johanna
As others have suggested, a specimen or magnified photo
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Hi Lindsey
Your second insect appears to be a silverfish (*Lepisma
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I interpreted the two small dots at the back of the head as
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Looks like of one of the woodwasps (Siricidae) to me.
They take a
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This is the Silver-striped Hawkmoth, Hippotion celerio - its
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Hi Megan
This is a *Monopis *species - almost certainly *M*.
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2 is a *Liposcelis *species
9 is a *Dorypteryx *species
(both
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I have to say that none of these moths looks like *Tinea
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Hi Megan
The "cases" are sections of a millipede's cuticle (legs
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Hi Megan
It looks rather like a *Trixagus *species (Throscidae) -
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The only species I know about is *Trixagus dermestoides*. Its
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This particular species is *Porcellionides pruinosus*, a woodlouse
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