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. ----------------------------------------------------------- I would say its "Ptinus fur", of the family spiderbeetles. In german we call it "Kräuterdieb"
Stephan Biebl Wood pest consultant Ingenieurbuero für Holzschutz Mariabrunnweg 15 83671 Benediktbeuern Mobil: 01718138327 Skype: stephan.biebl www.holzwurmfluesterer.de Am 29.01.2014 um 15:48 schrieb "Lundberg, Holly" <[email protected]>: > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > help > > These little guys were found in a sticky trap at one of our off-site storage > facilities, which is an old cold war bunker type storage facility we > inherited from a bank. > > 4 adults were found in the trap. They range in size from 3 – 4 mm in length. > The pictures aren’t the best, but I’m hoping someone can help with the > identification. > > In terms of the beetle themselves, They are an orangey-brown color, and of a > type where the heads are not visible from above. Under magnification, I can > see that the head, protonum and elytra are hairy. The elytra have > longitudinal rows of pits. The antennae are very long and appear to be > filiform? I counted 11 segments. The hair seems to have some lighter > coloring (whitish across the elytra and also in ( ) shape at center of the > protonum. The ( ) shaped area on the protonum appear to be ridge like, and a > very slight conical shaped area protrusion can be seen on each side of this > area visible but blurry in pic 3.. > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks > > > Holly > > > [cid:[email protected]] > Holly Lundberg > Conservator > (312) 799-2069 direct, (312) 799-2369 fax > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Chicago History Museum > 1601 North Clark Street > Chicago, IL 60614-6038 > http://www.chicagohistory.org<http://www.chicagohistory.org/> > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email. > Subscribe to the Museum Blog<http://blog.chicagohistory.org/> > Like us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/chicagohistory> > Follow @ChicagoMuseum on Twitter<http://twitter.com/chicagomuseum> > See Chicago History in Pictures on > Tumblr<http://chicagohistorymuseum.tumblr.com/> > Repin us on Pinterest<http://pinterest.com/chicagomuseum/> > Watch us on YouTube<http://youtube.com/user/ChicagoHistoryMuseum> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > <image001.jpg> > <Beetle 1.jpg> > <Beetle 2.jpg> > <Beetle 3.jpg> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
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