[pestlist] Moth identification
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. --- I agree that is could possibly be Niditinea, it is clearly not Tinea pellionella or Tineola bisselliella. There are a lot of Tineid moth species out there which are very difficult to identify even if you have a specimen in front of you. David From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Forrest E. St. Aubin Sent: 23 January 2014 23:31 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [SPAM] [pestlist] Moth identification 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. --- I believe that to be the brown-dotted clothes moth (Niditinea fuscella). Forrest E. St. Aubin, BCE-Emeritus Chair, ESA-ACE Oversight Committee 12835 Pembroke Circle Leawood, Kansas 66209 Phone: 913.927.9588 Fax: 913.345.8008 E-mail: forr...@saintaubinbce.com Website: www.saintaubinbce.com http://www.saintaubinbce.com/ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Ana Carolina Delgado Vieira Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:51 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [SPAM] [pestlist] Moth identification 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. --- Dears, We caught this moth in our storage area in last December. I hope the picture could help! We would appreciate any help for identifying this specimen. Thank you in advance! Best regards! Ana Carolina Delgado Vieira Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia - MAE/USP Laboratório de Conservação e Restauro Tel/Fax:(11) 3091-4695 E-mail: ana.carolina.vie...@usp.br -- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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
RE: [pestlist] FW: What is the ID of this beetle?
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 a cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne It has been found from Egyptian relics. David From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of dina m.m Sent: 10 June 2013 09:36 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] FW: What is the ID of this beetle? 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. --- _ From: dina_m_...@hotmail.com To: dina_m_...@hotmail.com Subject: What is the ID of this beetle Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:35:04 + -- 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
RE: [pestlist] help with identification
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. --- It is a plaster beetle, indicators of localised mould. Dave From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Angela Duckwall Sent: 03 July 2012 20:10 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] help with identification 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 everyone for the responses. I peeled back the plastic that I had over the sticky trap in order to get some better pictures and possibly found an adult. To my uneducated eye, the adult looks like Cleridae in shape but not coloration. If it is a Cleridae of some sort, how alarmed should I be? Thank you again, Angela Duckwall Associate Conservator The Textile Museum . 2320 S Street, NW . Washington, DC 20008 . tel 202.667.0441, ext. 43 . fax 202.483.0994 . aduckw...@textilemuseum.org _ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 1:24 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] help with identification It's a beetle larva, and doesn't appear to be a dermestid, but I'd hesitate to go beyond that. A couple of possibilities are Cryptophagidae or a young Cleridae, but I think you'd need to show a specimen to a coleopterist to be sure. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Angela Duckwall Sent: 03 July 2012 17:12 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] help with identification 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. --- Can anyone identify this little guy? Several were found on a sticky trap and they are approximately 2 mm long. Thanks, Angela Duckwall Associate Conservator The Textile Museum . 2320 S Street, NW . Washington, DC 20008 . tel 202.667.0441, ext. 43 . fax 202.483.0994 . aduckw...@textilemuseum.org -- 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 -- 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
RE: [pestlist]
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. --- It is a rove beetle Staphylinidae, most are harmless scavengers, some are predators. David From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Ross, David Sent: 08 May 2012 18:01 To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: RE: [pestlist] 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. --- It is approximately7 mm in length From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Jones, Robert (Ryan) Sent: May-08-12 12:58 PM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: RE: [pestlist] 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. --- What are the size dimensions of the specimen? It looks an awful lot like a subterranean termite swarmer. From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Ross, David Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:42 AM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' Subject: [pestlist] 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. --- Hello all. Could someone help me identify the insect that was found in one of our collection storage sights? Thanks David Ross Vault and Holdings Management Officer Library and Archives Canada david.r...@bac-lac.gc.ca -- 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 -- 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
RE: [pestlist] Repost of Beetle Pix
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. --- Agreed, looks like a squashed Attagenus unicolor. David From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 08 June 2011 19:27 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Repost of Beetle Pix 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. --- If that's the case, then I was correct in my initial assessment. It is a black carpet beetle, slighty squashed. Normally the thorax and head wouldn't extend out to the front as much. Both would be bent downward and then someone sat on the beetle. Description: Image removed by sender. :-) Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Jones, Robert (Ryan) (Ryan) rjo...@cwf.org To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 2:18 pm Subject: [pestlist] Repost of Beetle Pix This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- All, Here is a repost of the beetle whose ID is in question. The first large line is the 1/8 inch mark, and the second large line is the ¼ inch mark, so the specimen is approximately ¼ inch long. Many thanks for the input. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net 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 mailto:imail...@museumpests.net imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email mailto:l...@collectionpests.com l...@collectionpests.com or mailto:l...@zaks.com 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 image001.jpg
RE: [pestlist] A fly plague?!
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- It needs a close up of a fly to be certain, but they are probably cluster flies which come indoors every Autumn to hibernate over winter. The main species in the UK is Pollenia rudis which breeds in earthworms in grassland. The adults love sunny towers. They are harmless but can be a great nuisance, and the bodies will provide food for pests such as Anthrenus and Attagenus. David Pinniger -Original Message- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Berta Blasi Sent: 31 March 2011 15:06 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] A fly plague?! Dear colleages, I have a plague of indestructible flies in the archive. The archive is placed in the high of a tower, in a room of 20m2 and long ago it was a jail. There are million stunned flies (they do not fly, they only move when you touch them). The room is approximately at 10ºC and 50-55% of humidity. There is no directly beam of sun because the windows are closed if there is nobody (it means most of the time). It is cleaned in depth from time to time but the flies always re-arise. The flies stay between the glass of the windows and the shutter as you can see in the photo and also on the floor. I have never seen so many flies together! Which can be the reason? What are they eating? In the archive we didn't detect any dead animal but that keep on reproducing continuously. What do we have to do? Thank you very much for your help. --- Berta Blasi Conservació - Restauració Document Gràfic www.bertablasi.com tal...@bertablasi.com (0034) 626 266 293 To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] Please identify!
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- Ann A higher resolution image would help, also an indication of size. David -Original Message- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Ann Shaftel Sent: 07 March 2011 10:49 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Please identify! I send this request for insect identification from the Himalayan foothills where I am currently working to advise on preservation of a Buddhist monastery's sacred art. These insects appear in the springtime in large numbers, and according to the Abbot of the monastery, they come from the surrounding forest/jungle where wild monkeys live, and enter into the base of this large concrete structure called a Stupa. The Monastery wishes to know the name of the insects, why they enter in such large numbers into the base of the concrete structure in the springtime, and what they are feeding on. The Monastery wishes to discourage the insects because pilgrims cannot avoid stepping on them. Attached are images of the concrete Stupa structure, the insects entering the structure, and as close a closeup as possible of one insect. Please reply to annshaf...@mac.com with your knowledge, identifications and suggestions! If you need me to send a jpg of better resolution directly to your email, I shall gladly do that. Thank you all SO much, Ann Ann Shaftel MA MS FIIC, FAIC, CAPC http://annshaftel.com/ - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] insect identification
Had another look and I agree that it is Corticaria, it is too small for Lissodema. David - Original Message - From: JP Brown To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [pestlist] insect identification 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. James James Calder Building Services Manager james.cal...@dmns.org P 303-370-6375 F 303-370-6468 Join the Museum’s Online Community www.dmns.org Take a virtual journey down the world's largest and most biologically diverse river. Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes Other Riches is open September 24, 2010 - January 2, 2011. 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, -- Sílvia Sequeira Paper Conservator Tropical Research Institute (IICT) -- JP Brown Regenstein Conservator for Pacific Anthropology The Field Museum 1400 S Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 t: +1 312 665 7879 f: +1 312 665 7193 e: jpbr...@fieldmuseum.org
Re: [psetlist] 4 Bilder für Sie
This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- Johanna, That is about the right size for silverfish frass. David - Original Message - From: johanna diehl johanna.di...@khm.at To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [psetlist] 4 Bilder für Sie This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- dear David, most of the pellets are approximately 0,5 mm long. Johanna David Pinniger schrieb: This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- There is no scale to give an indication of size. How big are the pellets? They look more like a woodborer. David - Original Message - From: johanna diehl johanna.di...@khm.at To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:14 AM Subject: [psetlist] 4 Bilder für Sie Dear pestlist members, we recently found some insect damages and frass in one of our old storage rooms (please see the attached pictures of some 16th century tokens. the portraits were made of a mass with protein and cellulose ingredients). I suppose we have a siverfish problem. We have to move out some objects to another storage room, so we are planning a nitrogen treatment. Could you affirm that the damages and frass is from silverfishes? Do you think a nitrogen treatment for all organic materials is disproportionate or will it be enough to clean the storage room and reduce humity? thank you for your help johanna diehl objectconservator collection of sculpture and decorative arts kunsthistorisches museum Sie haben 4 Bilder erhalten. KK_4248_0248_20100714.jpg KK_4248_0244_20100714.jpg KK_4207 - KK_4234_0238_20100714.jpg KK _0233_20100708.jpg Diese Bilder wurden mit Picasa von Google gesendet. Testen Sie das Programm hier: http://picasa.google.com/ - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com - To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: unsubscribe pestlist Any problems email l...@zaks.com
Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum...
Tom, I agree with you having looked at the images. What an amazing website! David - Original Message - From: bugma...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... David - The beetle in question is commonly called the Ash Bark Beetle. I think it's Leperisinus fraxini, instead of varius, simply because of the pattern on the elytra. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: David Pinniger da...@pinniger.globalnet.co.uk To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 12:56 pm Subject: Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Elisabeth, It could be a Scolytid beetle, they look like this and will emerge from wood with bark in huge numbers. I do not have any pictures of any with such markings. You could ask Uwe Noldt in Germany, he is the best woodborer expert I know in Europe. David - Original Message - From: E. Abgottspon To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:35 PM Subject: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear pestlist-Members Thank you very much for your fast answers from around the world! I was looking for pictures of the anobium punctatum and the Anthrenus verbasci in the Internet and I dont’ think the beetles are anobii. But, maybe I’ve got both of them and the anobii aren’t beetles yet……. There is a lot of „wooden powder“ on the wood… L I didnt’ want to sent pictures which are too heavy… but unfortunately then you see even less… I send you one which is not reduced concering the size, but even then you can’t see it properly I guess. The beetle itself is about 3 millimeters in length. I called an expert who is coming today – so I will soon know more about the specimen and the problems/risks, I hope… But I’m glad to have some help from museum-experts as well! Best regards and thank you again Elisabeth Abgottspon Von: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] Im Auftrag von James Hogan Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010 17:13 An: pestlist@museumpests.net Betreff: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear Elisabeth, I agree with Monika Åkerlund, it is essential to get a correct identification of the beetles. Only then will you know where they are coming from and what action, if any, is necessary. They do not look like Anthrenus or Anobium because they are the wrong shape and they have what appears to be a strong spherical antennal club. But more than that it is difficult to say because the photos are not very clear (i know it is difficult to get good photos of small insects without specialist equipment). Perhaps you could send specimens to your national museum to get them identified? Let us know how you get on, James Hogan James Hogan Hope Entomological Collections Oxford University Museum of Natural History Parks Road, OXFORD OX1 3PW, UK. Tel: 01865 272 978 From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Monika Åkerlund [monika.akerl...@nrm.se] Sent: 06 July 2010 15:39 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: FW: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear all, I have looked at a closer photo of one of the beetles. It is neither an Anthrenus nor an Anobium punctatum . The beetles should be identified by an entomologist. Best wishes Monika Åkerlund Monika Åkerlund Curator Research Div./Preventive Conservation Group Swedish Museum of Natural History Box 50007 SE-104 05 Stockholm Sweden Tel. +46 (0)8 519 542 01 Fax.+46 (0)8 519 540 85 E-mail. monika.akerl...@nrm.se www.nrm.se www.nrm.se/premal From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Julianne Phippard Sent: den 6 juli 2010 15:29 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Elisabeth, From the photos of the beetles and damage, they look like furniture beetle to me (anobium punctatum). The larvae will have been living in the wood, tunnelling undetected (sometimes for years) and the adults are only now emerging, perhaps triggered by the temperature change as the wood came into your museum or the arrival of summer weather. However, if your gallery is fairly stable with a moderate relative humidity (under 50% RH) then they will probably not survive to lay eggs anywhere else, and in the UK we usually do not find infestations surviving in centrally heated buildings because the RH goes quite low over the winter. However, if your building
Re: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum...
Elisabeth, It could be a Scolytid beetle, they look like this and will emerge from wood with bark in huge numbers. I do not have any pictures of any with such markings. You could ask Uwe Noldt in Germany, he is the best woodborer expert I know in Europe. David - Original Message - From: E. Abgottspon To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:35 PM Subject: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear pestlist-Members Thank you very much for your fast answers from around the world! I was looking for pictures of the anobium punctatum and the Anthrenus verbasci in the Internet and I dont' think the beetles are anobii. But, maybe I've got both of them and the anobii aren't beetles yet... There is a lot of wooden powder on the wood. L I didnt' want to sent pictures which are too heavy. but unfortunately then you see even less. I send you one which is not reduced concering the size, but even then you can't see it properly I guess. The beetle itself is about 3 millimeters in length. I called an expert who is coming today - so I will soon know more about the specimen and the problems/risks, I hope. But I'm glad to have some help from museum-experts as well! Best regards and thank you again Elisabeth Abgottspon -- Von: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] Im Auftrag von James Hogan Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010 17:13 An: pestlist@museumpests.net Betreff: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear Elisabeth, I agree with Monika Åkerlund, it is essential to get a correct identification of the beetles. Only then will you know where they are coming from and what action, if any, is necessary. They do not look like Anthrenus or Anobium because they are the wrong shape and they have what appears to be a strong spherical antennal club. But more than that it is difficult to say because the photos are not very clear (i know it is difficult to get good photos of small insects without specialist equipment). Perhaps you could send specimens to your national museum to get them identified? Let us know how you get on, James Hogan James Hogan Hope Entomological Collections Oxford University Museum of Natural History Parks Road, OXFORD OX1 3PW, UK. Tel: 01865 272 978 -- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Monika Åkerlund [monika.akerl...@nrm.se] Sent: 06 July 2010 15:39 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: FW: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Dear all, I have looked at a closer photo of one of the beetles. It is neither an Anthrenus nor an Anobium punctatum . The beetles should be identified by an entomologist. Best wishes Monika Åkerlund Monika Åkerlund Curator Research Div./Preventive Conservation Group Swedish Museum of Natural History Box 50007 SE-104 05 Stockholm Sweden Tel. +46 (0)8 519 542 01 Fax.+46 (0)8 519 540 85 E-mail. monika.akerl...@nrm.se www.nrm.se www.nrm.se/premal -- From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Julianne Phippard Sent: den 6 juli 2010 15:29 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] WG: bugs in the museum... Elisabeth, From the photos of the beetles and damage, they look like furniture beetle to me (anobium punctatum). The larvae will have been living in the wood, tunnelling undetected (sometimes for years) and the adults are only now emerging, perhaps triggered by the temperature change as the wood came into your museum or the arrival of summer weather. However, if your gallery is fairly stable with a moderate relative humidity (under 50% RH) then they will probably not survive to lay eggs anywhere else, and in the UK we usually do not find infestations surviving in centrally heated buildings because the RH goes quite low over the winter. However, if your building is humid most of the year or damp in some areas, you should be watching your pest traps very closely in the spring from now on. You will not be able to tell if the larvae are living in the wood and will only know you have a problem when the adults emerge. These beetles are a wood boring species and I believe they are unlikely to attack historic natural history collections. However, we recently had a problem with new taxidermy birds mounted on fresh wooden mounts (tree branches), where the beetles were living in the mounts and emerged when the specimens came into the museum. Fortunately, we had quarantined these new acquisitions, so they did
[pestlist] Anoxia
Everybody should read Selwitz and Maekawa, Getty 1998, and the more recent, Maekawa and Elert Getty 2003, as the definitive works on Anoxia. Let us keep the science clear of rhetoric and anecdote! I have a copy of the Save Art Veloxy project. it should be archived in the EEC somewhere. Veloxy works when you use it properly but it has practical limitations on treating large objects because of the flow rates at low O2 levels. David Pinniger - Original Message - From: wlou...@aol.com To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:00 AM Subject: Re: R: Re: RE R: RE: [pestlist] Moving Clean A FTIR was use in the research to determine when insects species die at what ppm, temperature and in what time frame. Test were done on actual Art objects. Also about 25% of time was added as protection. Another protection to bring the ppm range lower than needed. In some cases you can see the insect after treatment in other cases like European powder post beetle you may not. Bill In a message dated 10/5/2009 10:37:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lmf...@hotmail.com writes: You`re right Sharlane. Gialdi vs Basset is the useless discussion. Pardon me, please. By the way, how do you measure anoxia treatments` effectiveness? Can you find the bugs you`ve killed but can`t be seen? Luis Pinho Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:28:19 -0400 Subject: Re: R: Re: RE R: RE: [pestlist] Moving Clean From: s...@case.edu To: pestlist@museumpests.net This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- I AM interested in this discussion, and feel it is pertinent to the list as there are not too many suppliers of the type of equipment used for this process, and those considering using it or who already have it want to know the facts concerning its effectiveness (since this has been called into question.) What do you and others feel IS the appropriate time and place for this type of question if not a public list-serve specifically about treatments for eradicating/preventing infestations of pests? When a particular discussion is not useful to me (and there are many), I just do not read it and then delete any with the same thread as soon they appear in my e-mail. Sharlane Gubkin On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Luís Pinho lmf...@hotmail.com wrote: As this mailing list is not a public market, a court or something similar, it would be great to leave the VELOXY questions to another time and place.. I'm not interested in this useless discussion. Luís Pinho Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:05:57 +0200 From: rgi...@tiscali.it To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: R: Re: RE R: RE: [pestlist] Moving Clean This is a message from the Pest Management Database 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. --- Dear friends of PESTLIST, I red from home (because a flue) the astonishing message of Dr. Basset concerning Veloxy; I will write as soon as possible a message to everybody of you showing the references of the equipment that was developed , certified and that is successfully applied in the list of Conservation Institutes that are in our references at the web site : www.rgi-genova.com. In my next message I will list the persons that can be contacted to know exactly if VELOXY had problems in their Conservation Institues. As the matter of the facts, Dr. Basset has not used Veloxy, until now, because it was crashed during the transport from Italy to France and for this reason, could not jet be installed at the National Library de France in Paris. I have no idea why Dr. Basset, to whom I have a lot of respect, informs all of you that there are some problems in Veloxy system. Sincerely Ercole Gialdi RGI Resource Group Integrator Genova (Italy) Messaggio originale Da: jan.dondajew...@gmail.com Data: 05/10/2009 13.07 A: pestlist@museumpests.net Ogg: Re: RE R: RE: [pestlist] Moving Clean Dear Mr Basset, I have found your email extremely important. I own private commercial conservation and restoration studio in Poland and I was thinking about using veloxy system technology in my practice. Could you please be so kind
