Thank you so much for your help, everyone. Knowing what kind it is has helped me prioritize the objects nearby for inspection.
Cheers! Julie On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 10:38:54 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello Pestlist, > > I discovered 3 beetle larvae on a trap of mine under a piece of wooden > furniture. I have old photos of other captures I'm comparing this to and > feel these guys are either Odd beetle or Carpet beetle. Is there an easy > way to tell the difference? Sorry for the less-than-ideal photos of the > specimens - one was still alive and moving so I was rushing to photograph > it before killing it. The image of a squirming, stuck, larvae will haunt me > for a while! > > Which makes me wonder - is there a 'humane' way to kill a bug on a sticky > trap that keeps the specimen in tact? A conservator here suggested maybe a > vapor chamber with some alcohol. Any ideas? > > Thank you everyone. > > Julie McInnis > Collections Care Assistant > Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/ca8268e5-93d9-4c85-ae82-c24de87cba21%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
