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 Betsy
Though the photos are poor quality I think it is a Thylodrias contracus larva. http://www.museumpests.net/pdfholder/40image.pdf Best regards: Andras Szito | Taxonomist/Curator Plant Biosecurity | Entomology Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151 Locked Bag 4 | Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983 t +61 (0)8 9368 3571 | f +61 (0)8 9368 2958 e andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.au<mailto:andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.au> w www.agric.wa.gov.au<http://www.agric.wa.gov.au> From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Betsy Bruemmer Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2014 6:48 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] beetle or millipede? 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- We had a recent invasion of small pests that I am having difficulty identifying. I thought they were carpet beetle larvae but an entomologist on bugguide.net has suggested bristle millipede. They were found crawling all over a white wall in a textile storage room, following a water leak through the exterior wall. We have in the past found old dried up dermestid casings on some of our textiles but we don't know if the textiles came in that way or if the evidence is due to recent activity. It's a huge collection that is just now being properly catalogued. There is surprisingly small amount of damage to the textiles overall so it seems more likely to me that these larvae came in through the leaky building envelope. The images for both these pests are quite similar, however, millipedes are not usually mentioned as museum pests and we have not seen adult millipedes to date but we did find one carpet beetle last year. Thanks for your help. BETSY bruemmer collections manager MOHAI Resource Center 5933 6th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98108 P: 206.324.1126 Ext. 122 | F: 206.780.1533 betsy.bruem...@mohai.org<mailto:betsy.bruem...@mohai.org> www.mohai.org<http://www.mohai.org> [cid:image002.png@01CEB874.6C8EAD50] Explore the people and events that made this city and changed the world, at the new Bezos Center for Innovation, now open at MOHAI! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> This e-mail and files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressee. The confidentiality and/or privilege in this e-mail is not waived, lost or destroyed if it has been transmitted to you in error. If you received this e-mail in error you must (a) not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it; (b) please notify the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA immediately by return e-mail to the sender; (c) please delete the original e-mail. Department of Agriculture and Food WA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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