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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi Kate,
If you want a little more on springtails there is some information in a white sheet on the MuseumPests.net website. The fact sheets are here: http://www.museumpests.net/identification.asp This may mean you have some sort of moisture problem and there is microscopic mold in the area you are finding them. The springtails may not be damaging the objects you are concerned about but they may indicate you want to check on things. Cheers, Genevieve ================================================= Genevieve Lewis-Gentry, Curatorial Assistant Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. Phone: 617-495-2365 Fax: 617-495-9484 glewi...@oeb.harvard.edu From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:26 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Insect identification help 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Technically no longer classified as an insect, but hexapod. Obviously is 6-legged as well. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Tablet -------- Original message -------- From: "Hanson Plass, Kathryn" <kate_hanson_pl...@nps.gov<mailto:kate_hanson_pl...@nps.gov>> Date: 1/30/2014 09:14 (GMT-05:00) To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Insect identification help 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 would appreciate help with a more definite ID on this insect - I have seen it incidentally in traps before, but have been seeing it in higher concentration. I have identified it from reference books as a springtail and nuisance - am I on track? The second image contains a CM ruler with MM marks for scale. Thanks, Kate -- Kate Hanson Plass Museum Technician Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site 105 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-876-4491 x13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto: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<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com<mailto:l...@collectionpests.com> or l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto: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<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com<mailto:l...@collectionpests.com> or l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
