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Hi Megan, Now that you included a close-up of one insect, it's not a springtail, but a booklouse, insect order Psocodea (older literature has it as Psocoptera). No termite here. Either way, it's a moisture issue. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] 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 | 917-953-0094 local pager http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin [cid:image005.jpg@01D2F5AE.15C71950] The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:image001.png@01D110A0.A110F570] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Megan Walsh Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 3:53 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] small grey insects in historic windowsill 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Louis! I'm attaching a few more images: I managed to get a shot of one of them, and a shot of the mound/nest through the microscope. I'm also attaching an image of the pest next to a penny for scale reference; I drew a circle around the pest. Looking at it under magnification now I think it does look like a springtail. One of my Facilities colleagues thought it looked like a dry wood termite (we've had infestations before, but not in that part of the house), but this seems way too small to be a termite. What do you think? I removed the mound and, hopefully, most of the pests. The wood underneath the mound appeared undamaged, but there is tar paper insulation in the vents under the window, so I wonder if that is something they would be attracted to? Many thanks, your help is very much appreciated! Megan From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 12:13 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: RE: [pestlist] small grey insects in historic windowsill 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Look like springtails, now a non-insect. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. 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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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, We had a rainstorm last night and some water intrusion on one of the wooden windowsills of our historic house. The water intrusion may be unrelated but it led to the discovery of a small mound of dirt (?) crawling with small grey insects. I've attached a couple photos but I don't know that these are clear enough for identification, I will try to collect a couple of the insects and get them under the microscope later today. Any ideas what this might be? Could they be wood boring insects? Any recommendations on how to proceed? Many thanks in advance for you thoughts and guidance! 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