I was hesitant to say anything, but I thought they were fleas also. Tom Parker
> On Jan 10, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> wrote: > > > “fungus gnats in late pupa stage” > Stored indoors. Interestingly, those are fleas. I think cat flea which can be > found on dogs, too. > > Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. > Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist > Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research > <image001.png> > Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of Natural History > Central Park West at 79th Street|New York, New York 10024-5192 > sor...@amnh.org > 212-769-5613 voice | 212-769-5277 fax | 917-953-0094 pager, voicemail, text > https://www.messagemanager.americanmessaging.net/SendMessageFree.aspx > http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/louis-n.-sorkin > <image002.jpg> > The New York Entomological Society, Inc. > www.nyentsoc.org > n...@amnh.org > <image003.png> > > > > From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Horn, Sarah > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 10:47 AM > To: 'pestlist@googlegroups.com' <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [pestlist] Fungus gnats? > > EXTERNAL SENDER > > Hello pest listers, > > Recently our city took down a totem pole that was outdoors and it is being > stored indoors temporarily. As the temperature was slowly increased, insects > emerged. I haven’t been to the offsite storage but I had the staff that check > on it bring me a sample (technically it doesn’t fall under the area I’m > responsible for but I’ve become the go-to bug person). I’m told they are all > over the pole and there are tiny flying black insects as well. I’m thinking > the ones in the photo are fungus gnats in late pupa stage? The largest is 2mm > long. Apologies for the photo quality, this was the best I could get with > what we have. I’m hoping we will get a microscope in the near future. > > Thanks much, > > Sarah > > Sarah Horn > Collections Technician - Artifact > Email: sh...@stcatharines.ca > Phone: 905.688.5601 x5245 TTY: 905.688.4TTY (4889) > Mail: PO Box 3012, 50 Church Street, St. Catharines, ON L2R 7C2 > <image008.png> > <image009.png> > <image010.png> > <image011.png> > > > > > City of St. Catharines Confidentiality Notice > The information contained in this communication, including any attachments, > may be confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named > above and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, disclosure or copying of this communication or any of its > contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in > error, please re-send this communication to the sender and permanently delete > the original and any copy of it from your computer system. > -- > 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/9255d08508374b9f9640f532e500064b%40HARDY.stcatharines.internal. > -- > 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BN8PR14MB3170982CDB20007DEC7682A1A6380%40BN8PR14MB3170.namprd14.prod.outlook.com. -- 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 pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/22ED1A1B-4FD2-42D9-BE59-BC3E19653ECB%40aol.com.
