Interesting... Thanks for the info everyone! This is my first run-in with mites.
Alan- maybe it's a coincidence, but this trap was in a "paper/book" area. I'll look into it. Thanks again everyone. -Todd On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:19 PM, 'bugman22' via Museumpests < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Lou. I've seen mites on Bessie beetles and others. > > Tom Parker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Sorkin <[email protected]> > To: pestlist <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 1:34 pm > Subject: RE: [pestlist] Mystery > > The mites could be a commensal species that lives with the beetle and > jumped ship when their transportation died. Looks like one of the > mesostigmatid mite species (there are many, but could be unique to that > species of beetle). > > *From:* [email protected] <[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]. > 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/CAMxAh%2Bgmf11x-L-HGjFdepjF-2eZ7d9J- > HxT-Q%3D7Z5GwtX-GjA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FCAMxAh%252Bgmf11x-L-HGjFdepjF-2eZ7d9J-HxT-Q%253D7Z5GwtX-GjA%2540mail.gmail.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cdd957f1f02f74d0d655908d60dce3983%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=9W1OqrkmOAm%2F%2B%2BZKFmGOZRueATXWKEJoMCUpirdJKXk%3D&reserved=0> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Foptout&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7Cdd957f1f02f74d0d655908d60dce3983%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=xF7nvH04sJnBi9k4fY4Rhk8R7sBinMqUud3y0RBgdxA%3D&reserved=0> > . > -- > 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/DM5PR14MB17214D8F15F00F411633A13EA6090%40DM5PR14MB1721. > namprd14.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM5PR14MB17214D8F15F00F411633A13EA6090%40DM5PR14MB1721.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/1658720015b-1ebc-14de%40webjas-vae061.srv.aolmail.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/1658720015b-1ebc-14de%40webjas-vae061.srv.aolmail.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAMxAh%2BjbfF-1NrOPcX30ie6PxD2uJ894fbm_5N4WDS6RZXz-dw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
