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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Annie, I believe that the image jonesh3.jpg may be a dealated formosan termite swarmer. A clearer view of the wing remnents could clarify. If this was captured recently it more or less coincides with formosan swarming in New Orleans.
Jeffrey Tucker, BCE Entomology Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 70375 Houston, Texas 77270 Phone: 713.681.9004 jtuc...@entoassoc.com Shipping:(FedEX, UPS) 2020 North Loop West Ste. 115 Houston, Texas 77018 On May 9, 2013, at 3:43 PM, "Peterson, Elizabeth A" <epete...@tulane.edu> wrote: > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello pest list, > > I have attached four images: three of which I believe are different phases of > the odd beetle, but am looking for some confirmation of that. I had thought > that all the larvae I was finding were carpet beetle larvae, but now am > rethinking that as I find what I think are odd beetle adults. But it seems as > though they both raise similar concerns in relation to library collections. > > I don’t have a clue of what the thing pictured in the image titled jonesh3 > is, can anyone ID it? > > I’m also putting a query out there about a freezer. I’d like to get a freezer > for our institution that will be used for incoming gifts and possibly as a > mechanism for treating a large collection in the process of moving it to a > new space. I’ve found a mini walk-in room that’s in our budget, but it > automatically defrosts, raising the air temperature to about -15C every 6 > hours. The company has told me that items stored in it only warm up about 2 > or 3 degrees during the defrost (from -20C) but this still makes me concerned > about its pest killing abilities. Am I right to be concerned about that, or > will it be effective in treating collections materials for pests? > > Thanks, > > Annie Peterson > > Annie Peterson > Preservation Librarian > Howard-Tilton Memorial Library > Tulane University > 504 865 5641 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > <odd.jpg><odd1.jpg><odd2.jpg><jonesh3.jpg> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net 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 imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
