It closely looks like the larva of the varied carpet beetle or any of its close, carpet beetle relatives: museum beetle, furniture carpet beetle, fur beetle, buffalo carpet beetle, black carpet etc. Food, nesting and developmental characteristics are similar as are the threats. We normally increase the density of our blunder trapping grid to determine if it is a "walk-in" or part of a population. We intensely trap protein food and nesting sources - fur, skins, bones, silk. wool, and areas where human-based fiber dust accumulate and then proceed after we have more granular information. We find walk-ins common when temperature rise or fall significantly beyond optimum developmental conditions.
On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 3:44:38 PM UTC-6 Lind, Mike wrote: > Hello all! > > Any idea what this could be? Looks like a dermestid. Pretty sure it came > in from outside, based on the trap's location. Thanks! > > Best, > Mike Lind (he/him) > Collections Management Coordinator > - > Walker Art Center > 725 Vineland Place > Minneapolis, MN 55403 > - > 612-253-3560 <(612)%20253-3560> > [email protected] > -- 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/217c39e4-8b48-4450-820e-65a3848245ffn%40googlegroups.com.
