I apologise that the photos are in disorder. I mistakenly assumed Gmail would order them automatically. The numbers are correct, though. I also forgot to mention #5. It's just a baby something, but I'm unsure what?
Thank you again! Angelica On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 16:44, Angelica Isa-Adaniya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear everyone, > > I wanted to update you all on the "biscuit beetle" situation I had a few > months ago where we flipped thinking they were squeezing themselves out of > a freezer, etc. I hope you recall. I promised to update, so here it is! As > Tony was very kind to point out, the beetles (eventually identified as > *Tricorynus > h.*) were in fact infesting two objects in the room and flying towards > the moisture in the freezer seals as well as squeezing themselves *into* the > freezer, which is why I found them inside the freezer but outside the bags. > After a thorough inspection, they were found inside cardboard boxes which > held very large vegetable fibre baskets that used to belong to mummy > bundles. These have been vacuumed and vacuum-sealed since. The problem has > since disappeared. Rarely any beetles are found these days. > > For those of you who are not familiar with *Tricorynus*, it is also > called Mexican book beetle, and according to the very limited literature I > have found on them, they will eat both wood and vegetable fibres (including > dried seeds, fruits, etc.) as well as book covers (i.e. cardboard type > material). They look very much like biscuit beetles on first inspection, so > if you ever find them associated with books and wood, which would be > strange, this might be a good ID. Please be advised that even the ones > which were found sprinkled *inside* the freezer (at -30°C) woke up and > started moving after a few minutes of being removed to room temperature. > I'm sure they die if left long enough, but they seem pretty hardy, so if > you ever have *Tricorynus* issues, keep things in the freezer for a very > long time, just in case. We do 3 weeks to be safe. > > Thank you all for all your help and ideas on this issue! > > ------ > I also have 5 IDs that I would really appreciate some help with. I'm > always unsure about making IDs because I'm in such a different climate from > the literature. Any insights will be greatly appreciated. > > 1. These weird insects with cricket-like legs have been showing up. Not > sure what they are? Crickets, I guess. Hopefully not a threat! > 2. Golden spider beetles? Unsure because we've never trapped these before. > 3. I call it "cherub" moth for now because it looks like a tiny moth head > with wings. I'm hoping it's not a threat. > 4. Very large black beetles that I hope just wander in and have nothing to > do with anything. Curiously, one of them had these weird pods wrapped > around their legs and it would be great if anyone had any idea what these > are? (4.3) > > Thank you and all the best from Peru! > > Angelica > > -- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjVt-5QEyZWUugSFng6g27sypTJh%2ByP%3DouZat4EexsMVuA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
