Re: [pestlist] Found these

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What size are they - if Box Elder bugs they are rhopalids (Rhopalidae)

On 23 February 2017 at 17:40,  wrote:

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> Found some of these while at a meeting yesterday. Are they roaches?
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Re: [pestlist] Found these

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These are lygaeid bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) and are plant suckers so not
damaging - they are usually brought in on peoples clothes or otherwise
transported indoors.

Regards,

Stuart

On 23 February 2017 at 17:40,  wrote:

> Hello –
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> Found some of these while at a meeting yesterday. Are they roaches?
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Re: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae

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Hi Frances,

Yes this is most likely to be the larva of one of the 'house moths',
possibly a tineid (Tineidae), but possibly an oecophorid (Oecophoridae).

An interesting observation being that there is *one *caterpillar plus
*two *head
capsules - this frequently occurs with larvae stuck on monitoring traps.
They moult their skin which liberates them from the glue but then become
stuck again very quickly, hence another moult and so forth. They sometimes
feed on the shed skin, leaving the cast head capsule - you will note that
the head capsules get incrementally smaller with each moult as reserves are
used up.

I have seen up to 5 moults on traps and even larvae that have managed to
escaped the trap in doing so. I have observed this behaviour in both tineid
moths and Anthrenus larvae (Dermestidae).

Best regards,

Stuart Hine


On 9 February 2017 at 12:25, Louis Sorkin  wrote:

> These look like caterpillars.  Could be a tineid moth species. You'll have
> to do some sleuthing to find out what could be infested.
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> Hi,
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> I would really appreciate some help identifying the larvae in the attached
> photo, they are about 5mm long and were found on a pest trap next to a coat
> stand so it is possible they have been brought in on a coat. Could they be
> clothes moth larvae or are they too small?
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Re: [pestlist] please ID pest

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I'd second Richards ID, *Uleiota *sp., but we would need much better images
to determine further than that and ideally the specimen itself.

Stuart

On 19 January 2017 at 14:44, Pollack, Richard J  wrote:

> Cara,
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> The form of the antennae and other characteristics are reminiscent of some
> of the silvanids, particularly *Uleiota* spp. I’d be more confident if I
> saw the specimen directly.
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> *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2017 9:20 AM
> *To:* pestlist@museumpests.net
> *Subject:* [pestlist] please ID pest
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> Hello,
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> The attached photos show a pest found inside a framed painting. I’d
> appreciate assistance ID-ing this bug, to determine if it may have been
> feeding or laying eggs within the wooden stretcher/frame and/or the canvas.
> Specimen is most likely from NE United States, and is approximately 5mm
> long (without antennae); antennae are approx 4mm long.
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> [image: Insect back 1-19-17.JPG]
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Re: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

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​Megan is correct - the first trap is one of the Rove beetle species
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

all beetles on the second trap are all Ground beetles (Coleoptera:
Carabidae), the two 'bronzey' examples (bottom left and middle) are Carabus
sp. and the one top right another carabid species. All are incidentals and
of no pest status, but if these large beetles can get in then so can other
potentially pest species so screening on ground floor windows and bristle
strips on bottoms of doors would be worth considering.

All the best,

Stuart

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On 7 July 2016 at 21:00, Dee Stubbs-Lee  wrote:

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> I believe the first image shows a hide beetle, partially chewed by the
> adjacent smaller beetle (black carpet beetle?). Can anyone confirm? I have
> very occasionally had these before.
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> On the second trap, the black one at the top I have also seen before and
> have been previously told it was a mealworm beetle. The two lower ones are
> new to me and appear to be the same species as each other. The photo
> doesn’t show it well, but they are an iridescent copper colour. These were
> on a common blunder trap that was near a pheromone trap for beetles (I’m
> experimenting) that has attracted larder beetles – may be a clue?
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Re: [pestlist] what about Plagionotus Arcuatus?

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Hi Javier,



The larvae of this species, like most longhorn/timber beetles, feed
internally on wood/logs of reasonable size, preferring standing or at least
fresh cut wood. I doubt that anything inside your building would support
these as the moisture content will be far too low and as I say they would
be out of their environment.



Eric Duffy, who wrote extensively on this group of beetles (Cerambycidae)
recorded this species from *Quercus*,* Prunus* and *Salix*, but I’m sure
many other species of tree/shrub are utilised also.



So nothing to worry about with these beetle as far as your books and papers
are concerned.


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On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:48 AM, JAVIER TACON CLAVAIN <jtaco...@ucm.es>
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> Yesterday we found two alive bugs (one of them at the photo) that we
> identify as cerambycidae, specifically Plagionotus Arcuatus, very close to
> historical books. We dont know these guys are indoor or outdoor pests. They
> like eating historical paper? we are very concerned about that. Any advice
> will be grateful.
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