Amy,
that´s a very interesting question. The pest looks well dried inside the book.
But since 1743??
Some ideas for you: -Do you have the American Cockroach natural outside
your building or area. If yes, it could be a modern age guest.
-How long was the book not used?
See lending-lists or anything else.
-Any descriptions about pest control treatments against cockroaches in the past.
-Insects could be well stored
under dry conditions. See old insect collections. So its possible that your
book-guest is very old and good stored inside the book.
-DNA-analysis could help, to say
something about the species and the possible orign.
Best, Stephan
Von: 'Sampson, Amy' via MuseumPests <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Juni 2021 17:10
An: [email protected]
Betreff: [PestList] Historic bug?
Hello Again Everyone,
Thanks to Stephan Biebl and Forrest St. Aubin for your IDs.
I am interested to find out whether anyone has experience of finding what may
be historic specimens within collection material. Has anyone come across
anything like this before? The volume that it was discovered in dates from
1743, so I am unsure as to whether this is likely to be contemporary to object,
or whether it is more likely a recent guest. If anyone has any thoughts on
this, I would be very interested to hear them.
Many Thanks,
Amy.
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