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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your help Elpida ________________________________________ Από: ad...@museumpests.net [ad...@museumpests.net] Εκ μέρους του David Pinniger [d.pinni...@btinternet.com] Αποστολή: Τρίτη, 16 Ιουλίου 2013 11:44 πμ Προς: pestlist@museumpests.net Θέμα: RE: [pestlist] insect ID from BMB
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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Looks like the Anobid Oligomerus. Difficult to identify accurately to species from the image but could be O ptilinoides which is common in the Mediterranean region. Can be very damaging to some woods. David -----Original Message----- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of ??p?da ???st?f???d?? Sent: 16 July 2013 07:08 To: pestlist@museumpests.Net Subject: [pestlist] insect ID from BMB 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Halo, from - the long suffering - Greece I am a conservator working in a provincial museum of Byzantine Antiquities in Veroia, northern Greece. Our museum, although small, holds a considerable number of very important Byzantine icons and other antiquities of the Byzantine era. Because of the current circumstances our museum cannot afford a full IPM program. So in stead, for the last year I have positioned in selected areas of the museum, sticky insect traps, inspecting them at a regular basis and monitoring the results. Unfortunately, a few days ago, I came across something that is very worrying. These insects (six of them in total) seem to have appeared at the icons and woodcarvings' storeroom which is located in the basement of the building. I have no knowledge of entomology, but these creatures look to me very much like Anobidae. I am very anxious to know more about the infestation as quickly as possible. I am looking for a positive ID of the insects and any other relevant info i.e. their habits, life cycle etc. would be very helpful. I would also like to know whether these insects might have been hiding in the storeroom for years or have they come in recently. May be less important, but I am curious, what could this whitish powdery stuff covering their bodies be ? Thank you in advance for your help. Mrs Elpida Chritsophoridou Head of Conservation Dept. 11th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities Veroia, Greece ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
