Hi Lindsey It's one of the booklice - almost certainly a *Lepinotus *species. Best wishes Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 10:06, 'Lindsey Gibson' via Museumpests < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning. > > > > Apologies that I don’t have a better photo (or access to the specimen to > take one) but I’m hoping someone can help to identify this insect. A few of > these have turned up on blunder traps in our archive strongrooms (in north > east England). (From memory) they are ~3mm long. > > > > Many thanks > > Lindsey > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *Customer Notice* > > *We have recently updated our terms and conditions for all our services, > including making some important updates to our privacy notices. To find out > more about how we collect, use, share and retain your personal data, visit: > www.durham.gov.uk/dataprivacy <https://www.durham.gov.uk/dataprivacy> * > > > Help protect our environment by only printing this email if absolutely > necessary. The information it contains and any files transmitted with it > are confidential and are only intended for the person or organisation to > whom it is addressed. It may be unlawful for you to use, share or copy the > information, if you are not authorised to do so. If you receive this email > by mistake, please inform the person who sent it at the above address and > then delete the email from your system. Durham County Council takes > reasonable precautions to ensure that its emails are virus free. However, > we do not accept responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of > viruses we might transmit and recommend that you should use your own virus > checking procedures. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LO2P265MB04009758BEBC54276BD9A8E9CDD60%40LO2P265MB0400.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LO2P265MB04009758BEBC54276BD9A8E9CDD60%40LO2P265MB0400.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKMfGPEDVCftb6auT8dPEUPoLUB_vN0Gor_AzRy%3DbCHEqQ%40mail.gmail.com.
