Looks like black carpet beetle rather than black larder beetle. Dermestes ater
has a wider posterior curvature of the pronotum than either Attagenus brunneus
or Attagenus unicolor. Also head, antennae and eyes differ.
Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. (Retired)
Entomologist, Arachnologist,
Hello PestList,
As a reminder to everyone on this list, MuseumPests own Co-Chair, Matt
Mickletz, will be the special guest for a free webinar on all things RE: museum
pest management at noon EST this Friday, June 24. In a podcast type format, we
will be asking Matt about his path and
Hello Alexandra;
Please do take a look at the "action thresholds" for different museum pests in
the US National Park Service Museum Handbook, Part I, Chapter 5: Biological
Infestations at https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/CHAP5.pdf
The chapter includes sample actions plans,
