Yes, it was less than 2 mm. I looked at some pictures of corticaria serrata
and it looks very similar to the insect in my pictures. It eats mold, which
makes sense in this case...
Thank you very much,
On 10 December 2010 20:37, JP Brown jpbr...@fieldmuseum.org wrote:
If it was 2 mm or less long then it's probably Corticaria sp. (one of the
fungus beetles), maybe Corticaria pubscens or serrata (top view seems to
show 'teeth' on sides of pronotum).
Best
JP
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:22 AM, james.cal...@dmns.org wrote:
Hi Silvia,
Looks like it could be a powder post beetle.
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*From:* pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:
pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] *On Behalf Of *Sílvia Sequeira
*Sent:* Friday, December 10, 2010 7:14 AM
*To:* pestlist@museumpests.net
*Subject:* [pestlist] insect identification
Hello all,
I found this beetle in one of the insect traps in the archive where I
work. I can not identify it by the museum pests' list I have. Can anyone
identify it by the photos I send? I apologize for the quality of the images,
but it was the best I could get.
Thanks for your help,
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