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Group - Here's a question for those of you who may have had an occasion to battle a heavy infestation of plaster beetles: Let's say there's a roof leak causing a mold bloom, hence an uprising of plaster beetles. Then the leak is repaired; the mold no longer grows, but a billion spores are left behind. Can plaster beetles still survive and reproduce in the dried out mold by the larvae eating the spores and mycelia? Or once the mold is dried out, is that the end of the reproduction and slowly the adults will die off? Any thoughts? Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Brown <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 7:41 pm Subject: Re: [pestlist] Help with ID 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- It's a Latridiid, and I concur on Adistemia. Depending on the trap location, two may not be indicative of an infestation. These guys don't need much to eat and can hang around a long time after the conditions that triggered the initial mold growth are remediated. JP Brown Regenstein Conservator for Pacific Anthropology The Field Museum 1400 S Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60615 t: +1 (312) 665-7879 On Jul 11, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Tony Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Adistemia watsoni - one of the Plaster Beetles (Latridiidae). It is sometimes known as the Household Fungus Beetle. So you have mould somewhere. Getting rid of the mould will get rid of the beetle infestation. Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH Tel: 01603 453524 Mobile: 07880707834 E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Denise Migdail Sent: 11 July 2012 21:32 To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Help with ID 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Tiny orange insect (beetle?), Total length is a little less than 2 mm. We have found several of these small insects in different blunder traps located on our basement level. Any help in identifying them would be most appreciated - Thank you- Denise Denise Migdail Textile Conservator Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
