Louis, Thanks for the ID. This is my first time seeing a live female- she looks a thinner than I expected. Previously I’ve only found them dead and flattened in books.
Thanks! Jennifer From: "pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>" <pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>> Reply-To: "pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>" <pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>> Date: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 3:13 PM To: "pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>" <pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>> Subject: [pestlist] RE: Insect ID Yes, a dermestid called Thylodrias contractus, the odd beetle. This is the female (wingless) and often is misidentified as being a bed bug. The male is more slender, larger eyes, has elytra that are divergent at tips, long legs, long, segmented antennae. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.org<mailto:sor...@amnh.org> 212-769-5613 voice 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> From: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 3:23 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID Can anyone identify this insect? It was found on a table top in a workroom, alive, and is about 4 mm in length. I am located in central Texas, USA. Two pictures are attached. The same image is in both files-they are just different file types. Thank you! Jennifer Jennifer W.S. Paulson Preparator, Department of Prints & Drawings [cid:image001.png@01D01882.05D8E520] The University of Texas at Austin 512.232.7697 / www.blantonmuseum.org<http://www.blantonmuseum.org>
