I would agree with Louis. It sort of looks like a minute brown scavenger. They feed on fungus and are often found in new structures, near wood with a high moisture content. I'd look for moisture in your galleries--maybe from a new exhibit component?
Good luck! Rebecca Rebecca Newberry Conservation Assistant Conservation Department Science Museum of Minnesota 120 W. Kellogg Bl. St. Paul, MN 55102 651 265-9841 www.smm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Sorkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:04:38 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [pestlist] beetle problem This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. -----------------------------------------------------------Pictures are kind of fuzzy, but not drugstore beetle (wrong family, too) & not sure of size, but looks like Corticaria pubescens (a latridiid). Maybe someone else can hazard a guess. > Hello, > > We have been finding some beetles in one of our galleries. Comparing > the photos we took of them with those online I suspect they are > drugstore beetles. I purchased several food bait/pheromone traps aimed > at drugstore beetles but haven't caught more than two in a month. Are > those traps effective or is it a sign that my bugs aren't drugstore thus > not attracted by these particular pheromones? Or they suddenly pack > their stuff and left? > > > > Can anyone look at the attached images and give me a clue? > > > > Also, If you know how to deal with a potential infestation in a gallery, > please let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Silvia N Gonzales > > Collections Manager > > Utah Museum of Fine Arts > > 410 Campus Center Drive > > Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > > Ph: 801.585.97.69 > > Fx: 801.585.51.98 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St. New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 5163645) is spam: Spam: https://canit.smm.org/canit/b.php?i=5163645&m=62c4f118a241&c=s Not spam: https://canit.smm.org/canit/b.php?i=5163645&m=62c4f118a241&c=n Forget vote: https://canit.smm.org/canit/b.php?i=5163645&m=62c4f118a241&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
