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Barb, You can always bring the specimens in for me to look at so we'll know if they are spiders, mites, or something else. Lou > 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 please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > Double check that they are spiders and not mites. Spiders won't do > anything in particular to your collections or you but some mite species > can make people very itchy and often look a bit like red spiders. There > are mites that feed on birds and these mites might ;) nip you too. Mites > appear to have a single large body while spiders have a "waist." Either > way, clean it off as with any other object of that sort and you should be > ok. > > --Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [pestlist] little orange spiders > > 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 please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have found several live light orange spiders (maybe 1/16 in.) running > around on a wood sculpture that had been kept outdoors on a covered porch > for years. Birds nested in it for at least a couple of years. The nest > has been removed. > > Is it safe to assume that these are not culture vultures and that they are > unlikely to cause damage or spread to other things? > > Barbara Appelbaum > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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 Street 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]
