[pestlist] RE: Insect ID
Yes, a dermestid called Thylodrias contractus, the odd beetle. This is the female (wingless) and often is misidentified as being a bed bug. The male is more slender, larger eyes, has elytra that are divergent at tips, long legs, long, segmented antennae. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.orgmailto:sor...@amnh.org 212-769-5613 voice 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.orghttp://www.nyentsoc.org/ n...@amnh.orgmailto:n...@amnh.org From: pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 3:23 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID Can anyone identify this insect? It was found on a table top in a workroom, alive, and is about 4 mm in length. I am located in central Texas, USA. Two pictures are attached. The same image is in both files-they are just different file types. Thank you! Jennifer Jennifer W.S. Paulson Preparator, Department of Prints Drawings [cid:image001.png@01D01882.05D8E520] The University of Texas at Austin 512.232.7697 / www.blantonmuseum.orghttp://www.blantonmuseum.org
[pestlist] RE: Insect ID
It looks like an adult female odd beetle Thylodrias contractus. Cheers/Jim James H. Boone Entomology Collection Manager Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu. Hawaii (808) 848-4196 jam...@bishopmuseum.org From: pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 10:23 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID Can anyone identify this insect? It was found on a table top in a workroom, alive, and is about 4 mm in length. I am located in central Texas, USA. Two pictures are attached. The same image is in both files-they are just different file types. Thank you! Jennifer Jennifer W.S. Paulson Preparator, Department of Prints Drawings [cid:image001.png@01D01857.AD52A3C0] The University of Texas at Austin 512.232.7697 / www.blantonmuseum.orghttp://www.blantonmuseum.org This message is only intended for the addressee named above. Its contents may be privileged or otherwise protected. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify us immediately by reply mail or by collect telephone call. Any personal opinions expressed in this message do not necessarily represent the views of the Bishop Museum.
Re: [pestlist] RE: Insect ID
Louis, Thanks for the ID. This is my first time seeing a live female- she looks a thinner than I expected. Previously I’ve only found them dead and flattened in books. Thanks! Jennifer From: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Reply-To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Date: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 3:13 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] RE: Insect ID Yes, a dermestid called Thylodrias contractus, the odd beetle. This is the female (wingless) and often is misidentified as being a bed bug. The male is more slender, larger eyes, has elytra that are divergent at tips, long legs, long, segmented antennae. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.orgmailto:sor...@amnh.org 212-769-5613 voice 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.orghttp://www.nyentsoc.org/ n...@amnh.orgmailto:n...@amnh.org From: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 3:23 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID Can anyone identify this insect? It was found on a table top in a workroom, alive, and is about 4 mm in length. I am located in central Texas, USA. Two pictures are attached. The same image is in both files-they are just different file types. Thank you! Jennifer Jennifer W.S. Paulson Preparator, Department of Prints Drawings [cid:image001.png@01D01882.05D8E520] The University of Texas at Austin 512.232.7697 / www.blantonmuseum.orghttp://www.blantonmuseum.org
Re: [pestlist] RE: Insect ID
Thank you to James/Jim for the helpful ID! -Jennifer From: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Reply-To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Date: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 3:10 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] RE: Insect ID It looks like an adult female odd beetle Thylodrias contractus. Cheers/Jim James H. Boone Entomology Collection Manager Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu. Hawaii (808) 848-4196 jam...@bishopmuseum.orgmailto:jam...@bishopmuseum.org From: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 10:23 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID Can anyone identify this insect? It was found on a table top in a workroom, alive, and is about 4 mm in length. I am located in central Texas, USA. Two pictures are attached. The same image is in both files-they are just different file types. Thank you! Jennifer Jennifer W.S. Paulson Preparator, Department of Prints Drawings [cid:image001.png@01D01857.AD52A3C0] The University of Texas at Austin 512.232.7697 / www.blantonmuseum.orghttp://www.blantonmuseum.org This message is only intended for the addressee named above. Its contents may be privileged or otherwise protected. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify us immediately by reply mail or by collect telephone call. Any personal opinions expressed in this message do not necessarily represent the views of the Bishop Museum.
[pestlist] RE: Insect ID
Definitely a book louse commonly called psocid. Now these and the true lice are included in a new order, Psocodea. The clypeus is very much enlarged in these insects. Their activity typically related to moisture condition and mold/fungus growth; will feed on dead insects, too. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83187-Psocodea Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.orgmailto:sor...@amnh.org 212-769-5613 voice 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.orghttp://www.nyentsoc.org/ n...@amnh.orgmailto:n...@amnh.org From: pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 1:36 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] FW: Insect ID Good afternoon, I trapped a few insects in our basket vault. I believe it is a fly; however, due to the fragility of the collection, I would love a second opinion. The insect measures 1.103 mm. I am surprised to find these in our vault and not in any other traps set in the building. Thank you, Rachel Rachel Kaleilehua Malloy Anthropology Collections Manager Nevada State Museum 600 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89705 775.687.4810 x229 rmal...@nevadaculture.orgmailto:rmal...@nevadaculture.org
[pestlist] RE: Insect ID
Thanks everyone for your input. I was thrown off by the wings as the booklice in our Library have none. According to the MuseumPests Fact Sheet, the outdoor related species of barklice often have wings. I had no idea. I’ll keep checking my traps and see if they are still active. Rachel From: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 1:36 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] FW: Insect ID Good afternoon, I trapped a few insects in our basket vault. I believe it is a fly; however, due to the fragility of the collection, I would love a second opinion. The insect measures 1.103 mm. I am surprised to find these in our vault and not in any other traps set in the building. Thank you, Rachel Rachel Kaleilehua Malloy Anthropology Collections Manager Nevada State Museum 600 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89705 775.687.4810 x229 rmal...@nevadaculture.orgmailto:rmal...@nevadaculture.org
[pestlist] RE: insect ID
No, not a small cicada, but a leafhopper a member of family Cicadellidae. Carpet beetles will, of course, feed on dead cicadellids trapped in the building. The other pictures are shed skins of a dermestid larva. I agree - probably a species of Anthrenus. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.org 212-769-5613 voice 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org n...@amnh.org -Original Message- From: pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:47 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] SV: insect ID Dear Elpida I believe the insect on your first picture (016) to be a small cicada - they are, to my knowledge, not considered a museum pest and rather harmless. The other pictures show a cast skin from what I think is an Anthrenus sp. larva, no idea about the precise species. But carpet beetle and, how it is called in some countries, museum beetle belong to this genus, both being museum pests feeding on insect collections, feathers, fur, wool and silk. You'd better keep an eye on those and check items for further larvae and damage. The adult beetles can often be found on window sills in the spring, indicating that you might have an infestation somewhere in the building. Hope that helps and that maybe somebody more proficient can confirm! Best regards, Simon Schölch Konserveringstekniker / Dipl.-Rest. Bevaringscenter Fyn Øhavsmuseet Østergade 25 DK-5900 Rudkøbing Tlf. + 45 63 51 63 12 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sendt: 1. december 2014 10:55 Til: pestlist@museumpests.netmailto:pestlist@museumpests.net Emne: [pestlist] insect ID Good day to all Could anyone help ID these two insects please? - Last 3 photos belong to the same insect (cast skin?) Thank you Elpida Christophoridou Head of conservation Dept. Ephorate of Antiquities Imathia's Veroia Greece
[pestlist] RE: insect ID
Hi Katie I am certain it is a red flour beetle, or rust-red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). It is one of the most common destructive stored product pest. To control the infestation the most important is to find the host they are breeding on. It may well be some old cake, dried flower, herbs, spices, flour, dry bread etc. in in the cupboard or somewhere around it. For your information: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/beetles/red_flour_beetle.htm Best regards: Andras Szito | Taxonomist/Curator Plant Biosecurity | Entomology Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151 Locked Bag 4 | Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983 t +61 (0)8 9368 3571 | f +61 (0)8 9368 2958 e andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.aumailto:andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.au w www.agric.wa.gov.auhttp://www.agric.wa.gov.au From: pestlist@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2014 2:21 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] insect ID Hi Everyone, I’m hoping someone can help identify this insect for me. It’s about ~2mm. I’m thinking it’s one of the minute brown scavenger beetles, but have never come across them before so am unfamiliar with how they look. Sorry for the overexposure; I can try and take more photos if needed. I’ve never had them caught in my blunder traps before, but over the past few weeks I’ve been seeing a lot pop up in the traps, and dead in cupboards. Any comments would be appreciated! Thank you, Katie Katie Fisher Collections and IPM Technician kfis...@glenbow.orgmailto:al...@glenbow.org 130 9 Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3 P 403 268 4235 F 403 262 4045 glenbow.org [ConnectAtGlenbow]http://www.glenbow.org/ This e-mail and files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressee. The confidentiality and/or privilege in this e-mail is not waived, lost or destroyed if it has been transmitted to you in error. If you received this e-mail in error you must (a) not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it; (b) please notify the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA immediately by return e-mail to the sender; (c) please delete the original e-mail. Department of Agriculture and Food WA
[pestlist] RE: insect ID 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. --- Cory, You are correct that it is in the family: Dermestidae but it appears to be in the genus: Trogoderma and possibly species: sternale. I have found the larvae of this species of beetle eating dead insects in a wall void of a museum. Remember that adult dermestid beetle activity for many species begins in late winter and is over by mid-June. It is common to see quite a few species this time of year. Pat Kelley -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Rogge, Corina E Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:18 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] insect ID 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. --- Hi all, we just found this guy crawling around a sink in our lab. It's overall body length is about 4 mm and seems to morphologically resemble a dermestid but doesn't have the usual markings for maculates, lardarius or ater. Any help in identifying this would be appreciated! regards, Cory Cory Rogge, Ph.D. Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor in Conservation Science Department of Art Conservation Rockwell Hall 230 Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Phone: (716)878-4646 Fax: (716)878-5039 email: rogg...@buffalostate.edu -- 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
