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In Australia adult carpet beetles emerge in spring-early summer. However the larvae can be found throughout the year. This may be why you haven't found any adults. Best wishes Alex Alex Roach Heritage Pest Management On 08/11/2012, at 4:55 AM, "Peterson, Elizabeth A" <[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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello pest list, > > I’ve been monitoring our storage areas, and when collecting traps noticed > what I think may be carpet beetle larva (they look a lot like this: > http://www.library.illinois.edu/prescons/services/ipm/images/beetle_cabinet_larva.jpg). > They’re small, fuzzy things that I’m thinking if not carpet beetle, then > some other sort of beetle larva, but I’m a bit puzzled because I haven’t > trapped a single adult beetle. Does anyone know why I would trap just the > larva and no adults? Or is it maybe something else that just looks like > beetle larva? Is there such a thing? > > Any help would be great. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of the actual > ones that I caught. > > Thanks, > > Annie > > Annie Peterson > Preservation Librarian > Howard-Tilton Memorial Library > Tulane University > 504 865 5641 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
