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Lisa - It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles in the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Lisa V <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [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 subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
