RE: [PestList] Identification help!

2021-11-04 Thread 'Sali A. Underwood' via MuseumPests
Awesome images!! Sali A. Underwood Curator of Natural History Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas 309 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107 (702) 822-8737 (702) 486-5172 FAX sunderw...@nevadaculture.org My schedule is M-F 8 am to 5 pm as of January 1, 2021

[PestList] Quarantine space - art receiving room

2021-11-04 Thread Eliza Spaulding
Dear All, We will be repurposing a space into an art receiving room, part of which we're hoping to make into a quarantine room. If folks have or have thoughts about such a space, I'd be so grateful to know what you considered as part of the design (for example, how did you approach

Re: [PestList] Identification help!

2021-11-04 Thread Christina Bisulca
Interesting for all. We have not had that type of larger book louse before, so I'm still worried there is damp/mold somewhere. And for the mites, we did only find them on traps with a significant number of psocids, ~100-200 on the traps where we found the mites. On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 2:56 PM

Re: [PestList] Identification help!

2021-11-04 Thread Alan P Van Dyke
We have those same mites in our traps. They seem to appear almont only in traps with booklice. Since we have no plants in the collection storage areas, I'm assuming they are some sort of predatory mite feeding on booklouse nymphs, but that is just a working theory. Alan *Alan Van Dyke * Senior

Re: [PestList] Identification help!

2021-11-04 Thread Tony Irwin
Hi Christina The winged insects are booklice (Psocoptera) - most likely *Psyllipsocus ramburii*, which is known from domestic situations. The larva looks most like one of the Malachiidae beetle larvae. Sorry, I can't help much with the mites. Best wishes Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich

RE: [PestList] Identification help!

2021-11-04 Thread Cheri Schneider
Winged creature looks similar to a barklouse. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1410370 From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christina Bisulca Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2021 1:39 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Identification help! Hello all - We have a number of