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Alan et al., One more thought. Thrips have an odd tendency to sample most any substrate with their piercing mouthparts. I anticipate that they figure (if they are capable of thought) that whatever they’re perched upon is a plant and might contain tasty plant juices. I frequently receive complaints from folks who have been at the wrong end of those piercing mouthparts. I imagine the thrips is as surprised as is the victim, and perhaps a bit mortified to have hit blood or mammalian tissue fluid. “What the heck is this thing biting me” is a common utterance of those who’ve suffered from thrips contact. The problem tends to be seasonal and is frequently associated with proximity to farms, orchards or flower gardens. Thrips and other flying insects are disoriented by artificial lights, and may thereby enter our dwellings. The bites are annoying but of no real concern unless you have chlorophyll flowing through your veins. In those cases, you might worry about contracting some thrips-vectored plant pathogens. -Rich From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Alan P Van Dyke Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:30 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID query This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thank you! Predacious or plant eater, at least I know a thrips won't mess with collection material. Thanks, Alan Alan P. Van Dyke Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, TX 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hrc.utexas.edu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=5mEd4IcobTk1Fu5VvGeHhq-SRN8vVDvFBpZVuzPWa1g&s=Poq-4_EOuICGSIVYM2-ERQ1g4bg9xQHacUFj5hcSYB8&e=> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org<mailto:sor...@amnh.org>> wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Some thrips species are predaceous, too. Note singular and plural spellings of thrips and species. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Entomophagy Research 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<tel:(212)%20769-5613> voice | 212-769-5277<tel:(212)%20769-5277> fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nyentsoc.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=5mEd4IcobTk1Fu5VvGeHhq-SRN8vVDvFBpZVuzPWa1g&s=fTDY7x-K-PN06PGo_KnKNnTDKt8Z2gILBdoYBlOjhD0&e=> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> ________________________________ From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>> on behalf of Pollack, Richard J <richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:06:10 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID query This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- That’s a thrips. Note, that thrips is the correct singular and plural form for insects of this insect order. They’re pests of living plants. Most often they fly or wander in through open windows and doors. Many are small enough to pass through intact standard window screens. They should pose no concern to museum holdings…. unless your facility has valuable living plants that may be considered desirable to these insects. -Rich Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management (EHSEM) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995<tel:(617)%20495-2995> Cell: 617-447-0763<tel:(617)%20447-0763> www.ehs.harvard.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dwww.ehs.harvard.edu-26data-3D01-257C01-257Csorkin-2540amnh.org-257Cca4333e906c94e2d00eb08d497a5cb55-257Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76-257C0-26sdata-3D0Mrn-252BsXfmXqSXoUi00WNly6svHzXIqRV9pNNZcQeghQ-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=5mEd4IcobTk1Fu5VvGeHhq-SRN8vVDvFBpZVuzPWa1g&s=WliM5dq6_WH9VabStz0giUXM8-KXytua3VAedpBedTU&e=> richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Disease From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>] On Behalf Of Alan P Van Dyke Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:57 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] ID query This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello all, Attached is a photo of a small insect that has been cropping up lately in some of my sticky traps. It's about a millimeter in length. Anyone recognize it? Thanks, Alan Alan P. Van Dyke Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. 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