Re: [pestlist] Beetle ID

2017-10-04 Thread RJPollack 

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That appears consistent with an adult ground beetle (Carabidae). It likely 
wandered in beneath a door or though a hole, or perhaps was a stowaway on some 
item brought into the facility. In any case, the creature poses virtually no 
risk, except to other insects.

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> This lone beetle was found alive in the secure storage area of my museum 
> earlier today. I know these photos aren’t the greatest quality, but does 
> anyone have an ID of this beetle, and could this species pose a threat to my 
> collection?
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RE: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

2016-07-08 Thread Dee Stubbs-Lee 

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Interesting, thanks Tom.

Dee

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Dee -

What you are catching on your glueboards means one thing; they are flying to 
lights affixed to your building at night, dropping down to the perimeter, and 
then walking into your building.  It's time to tighten up your building's 
exterior envelope.  Change your mercury vapor lights to sodium vapor ones.

Tom Parker


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Hi everyone,

I have recently had a few unwanted visitors in our basement level storage 
(primarily textiles and ethnographic materials). I have attached a couple of 
blunder trap images with a tape measure in centimeters for scale.

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.

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?

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Dee

Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum/
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
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RE: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

2016-07-08 Thread Dee Stubbs-Lee 

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Thanks, that’s helpful!
Dee

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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,

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Hi everyone,

I have recently had a few unwanted visitors in our basement level storage 
(primarily textiles and ethnographic materials). I have attached a couple of 
blunder trap images with a tape measure in centimeters for scale.

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.

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?

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Dee

Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum/
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada
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Re: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

2016-07-08 Thread Insect Identification Services Ltd 

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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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> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I have recently had a few unwanted visitors in our basement level storage
> (primarily textiles and ethnographic materials). I have attached a couple
> of blunder trap images with a tape measure in centimeters for scale.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dee
>
>
>
> *Dee Stubbs-Lee*, CAPC, MA
>
> Conservator / Restauratrice
>
> New Brunswick Museum/
>
> Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
>
> 277 Douglas Avenue
>
> Saint John, New Brunswick
>
> E2K 1E5
>
> Canada
>
> (506)643-2341
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Re: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

2016-07-07 Thread bugman22 

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Dee -
 
What you are catching on your glueboards means one thing; they are flying to 
lights affixed to your building at night, dropping down to the perimeter, and 
then walking into your building.  It's time to tighten up your building's 
exterior envelope.  Change your mercury vapor lights to sodium vapor ones.
 
Tom Parker
 
 
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Subject: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed


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Hi everyone,
 
I have recently had a few unwanted visitors in our basement level storage 
(primarily textiles and ethnographic materials). I have attached a couple of 
blunder trap images with a tape measure in centimeters for scale.
 
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.
 
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?
 
Any thoughts?
 
Thanks,
Dee
 
Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA
Conservator / Restauratrice 
New Brunswick Museum/
Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada
(506)643-2341
 
 
 
 

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RE: [pestlist] beetle ID help needed

2016-07-07 Thread Jablonski, Megan T CIV NHHC, NUM 

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Disclaimer: I am not an entomologist. However, I have found these pests (or a 
very similar pest) in my own traps, and have had them identified through this 
list. 

I think the larger beetle in Trap 1 is a Rove Beetle. When I found this type of 
beetle in my own collections area a few months ago, someone from this pestlist 
identified it as such, and added that the Rove Beetle is an incidental, and 
probably just followed someone in from outside. 

I also think the beetle in the upper right corner of the second trap photo 
might be a Ground Beetle (Carabidae caminara). I am interested to learn what 
the other two might be!

Megan Jablonski
Collections Manager
Puget Sound Navy Museum
Naval History & Heritage Command
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Hi everyone,

 

I have recently had a few unwanted visitors in our basement level storage 
(primarily textiles and ethnographic materials). I have attached a couple of 
blunder trap images with a tape measure in centimeters for scale.

 

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. 

 

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?

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks,

Dee

 

Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA

Conservator / Restauratrice 

New Brunswick Museum/

Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick

277 Douglas Avenue

Saint John, New Brunswick

E2K 1E5

Canada

(506)643-2341

 

 

 

 

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Re: [pestlist] Beetle (?) ID help

2015-05-05 Thread pestlist 

trap 302 looks like a furniture carpet beetle

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:10 PM, pestlist@museumpests.net wrote:


 Hello everyone,

 I found some mysterious insects in the traps today, and I was hoping for
 some help in identifying them. The only pest I can clearly identify is the
 spider in Trap 206. Does anyone have any ideas about the rest?

 Thank you so much,

 Megan Jablonski
 Collections Manager
 Puget Sound Navy Museum
 Naval History  Heritage Command
 251 1st Street
 Bremerton, WA 98337
 p. (360) 627-2288
 f. (360) 627-2273

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 www.history.navy.mil/PSNM
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Re: [pestlist] Beetle ID

2014-10-10 Thread pestlist 

Jodi,
They appear to be ground beetles (Carabidae). There are more than 40K species 
described. The members of this group are opportunistic feeders. I anticipate 
the beetles (as well as the spiders) captured on the glue traps merely wandered 
in from outside. I anticipate that they pose no real risk to the museum.

-Rich

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On Oct 9, 2014, at 14:18, pestlist@museumpests.net wrote:


 Hello,
 Can anyone identify the three different kinds of beetles in the attached 
 photos? And let me know if they are potentially harmful to any kind of museum 
 collection.

 Thank you!

 Best,
 Jodi
 Jodi C. DeBruyne
 Curator of Collections  Exhibits
 Juneau-Douglas City Museum


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