Todd, Those are mites. It’d take a lot of effort to identify those mites, however. -Rich
Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Holmberg Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Mystery Hello Pestlist, Today while checking a sticky trap, I saw a ground beetle next to a bunch of frass, and something that looked like potentially a dermestid larva. I put it under the microscope, and saw that it was a dermestid larva, and there were also a bunch of these super small critters under/around the ground beetle. At first, I thought they were booklice, but they don't seem to have a "booklice-like head". Sorry about the picture quality. They are SUPER small, and this was as close as the microscope could get without getting stuck on the trap. Does anyone have a guess as to what they might be? I have heard people say that sometimes eggs will "hatch out of" insects that are stuck on traps- is that true? My guess is the ground beetle was stuck there for 1-2 weeks. If anyone has any thoughts, they would be appreciated. Thanks, Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2Bgmf11x-L-HGjFdepjF-2eZ7d9J-HxT-Q%3D7Z5GwtX-GjA%40mail.gmail.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_CAMxAh-252Bgmf11x-2DL-2DHGjFdepjF-2D2eZ7d9J-2DHxT-2DQ-253D7Z5GwtX-2DGjA-2540mail.gmail.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=3DkGK3_INz9RrZN6dytvlBV2A8S8VXdoK1jns8AUvQw&s=rrHjOOHK8pOywA1kETUmFRFPx6i6Z1-VG9M0tmrSlns&e=>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=3DkGK3_INz9RrZN6dytvlBV2A8S8VXdoK1jns8AUvQw&s=sq90SW35j8EdtXe_Y_Rl8U3hcTg8FpEc1zMCkEdaieA&e=>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BL0PR07MB40991806285E96A09DA7E25B94090%40BL0PR07MB4099.namprd07.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
