This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Just a note. This reddish colored mite happens to be a clover mite, but not all red ones that you may find are clover mites. There are a few mites that will commonly be encountered entering buildings and can be found on sidewalks and even on the black tar roof of buildings. Some are pollen feeders. ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net [ad...@museumpests.net] on behalf of JENNIFER ORTIZ [jennifer.or...@umfa.utah.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:08 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the info and suggestions. I’ll look into it more and keep and eye out for any more activity—we do our pest management (i.e. changing traps, placing new ones, gathering data, etc) every two months at the museum so even if they have been there for a while they would have only been there since mid-November at the longest. I’ll let collections staff know about staining . Thanks again! Jennifer Ortiz Assistant Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 801-585-9769 ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jones, Robert (Ryan) Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:39 PM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification Clover mites thrive in cool (but not freezing) temperatures. If it has been unusually warm (50’s-70’s) recently, you may well have a bit of Clover mite activity cropping up. I am not aware of any direct threat that Clover mites pose to collection items, but they do leave a nasty red stain if smashed. It’s good to be aware of this fact if you have textiles or rare books in storage areas and not everyone on staff knows that Clover mites will stain. Good advice from Tom about the barrier. Clover mites cannot live for any extended period of time indoors, so there must be an outside source. You might try waiting until the early afternoon when the sun is warmest and take a walk on the exterior perimeter area nearest to the site of indoor activity….they tend to light on warm, sunlit walls and sidewalks in very large numbers. A vacuum will remove pockets of live specimens not captured by traps. If activity gets completely out of control(which it shouldn’t this time of year), an exterior perimeter treatment of the affected area may be in order. From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of JENNIFER ORTIZ Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:17 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- It’s been unusually warm here in the Salt Lake area but not significantly so. And most of them were found in our basement traps within collections storage, so if they are clover mites, could they be feeding on any ethnographic items? Or do these not pose a threat to collections? Jennifer Ortiz Assistant Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 801-585-9769 ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jones, Robert (Ryan) Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:45 PM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification Clover mites this early in the year? I know it’s possible, but most of Utah is frigid in January. Has your area had a localized warm-up recently? From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:48 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] re: Pest identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Group - I agree with Lou; it's a clover mite. They are very common by the millions in new and heavily-fertilized lawns. They feed on a variety of vegetation and grasses. If the lawn touches the foundation, they commonly crawl up the walls and enter through AC units and window drip holes at the base of the window frame. Putting a 2 or 3 foot band of dark-colored, crushed stones as a border around the perimeter foundation goes a long way towards preventing them from crawling up the walls. The sun heats up the stones and turns the border into an effective barrier. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Lou <sor...@amnh.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 2:46 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Maybe a clover mite (Bryobia spp.). On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:05:57 -0700, JENNIFER ORTIZ wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I found the other photo that I thought was lost…hope this helps id the bug. Jennifer Ortiz Assistant Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 801-585-9769 ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net> [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net?>] On Behalf Of JENNIFER ORTIZ Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:30 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification This was the best I could do—sorry the attachment didn’t go through the first time. Jennifer Ortiz Assistant Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 801-585-9769 ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net> [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net?>] On Behalf Of Del Re, Christine Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:01 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Cc: JENNIFER ORTIZ Subject: RE: [pestlist] re: Pest identification Photo? From: ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net> [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net?>] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:44 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Cc: jennifer.or...@umfa.utah.edu<mailto:jennifer.or...@umfa.utah.edu> Subject: [pestlist] re: Pest identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I think you wanted this to go to the pestlist, so I'm forwarding it there. ________________________________ From: JENNIFER ORTIZ Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:19 PM To: "ad...@museumpests.net<mailto:ad...@museumpests.net>" Subject: Pest identification Hi there- Can anyone ID this bug for me? They are covering severaltraps located in a basement stairwell and appear bright orange. Thank you! 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