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Group - In order for carpet beetle larvae to feed on an insect carcass, the carcass needs to be large enough for the larva to chew its way inside. Small insects, like midges, would not be a suitable meal for carpet beetle larvae. Most of the time, carpet beetle larvae feed on wasp, beetle, fly, large moth, and cockroach carcasses, as well as dead animals, such as birds, snakes, frogs, squirrels, mice and rats. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Heather Thomas <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Jan 7, 2012 1:01 pm Subject: Re: [pestlist] LinkedIn discussion 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello Shae, I used to be a docent at The Hunt and was one of the first Insect Inspectors (if only for a short time before returning to England and studying the subject in greater depth at University) So I know how close to the water you are. As has been pointed out the Pheromone traps don't tend to drag in pests from outside, but never underestimate the importance of catching 'Non-Real Pests' in the blunder traps. They are a very important indicator of all sorts of situations. The most obvious is when you collect a lot of wood-lice or silverfish, indicating a damp problem, Or a lot of spiders perhaps enticed in due to high levels of flies. Your large numbers of Dipterans may mean poor window or door seals or a serious water ingress! They also provide a great source of food for 'real' pests, but if you are checking (and chucking) traps every 2 weeks hopefully they aren't around long enough to draw attention. All the best Heather Thomas On 3 Jan 2012, at 23:07, Shae wrote: Hi Tom Our outdoor lighting at the Hunt Museum is sodium vapour, so we’re being very good. Even so, our proximity to the Shannon river results in quite a high number of aquatic flies (mostly Dipterans) that clutter up our blunder traps but are harmless. Thus my interest in the pheromone traps, which would attract only real pests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
