Thanks to all of you who have responded. I'm always delighted at how generous you are with your time and expertise.
Gretchen, the answer to your question is this is the first moth I've found but I recently increased the number of traps in this location so time will tell. Chris On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 8:15 AM Louis N Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> wrote: > The large spiders are males in 2 pictures. The modified palp can be seen > in one picture. This is a spider of the family Agelenidae, most likely a > species of Tegenaria. These are funnel web weavers, but males are out > looking for females now. The small spider is a member of the family > Oecobiidae. Not sure if a male (tip of palp can't be seen clearly, but > doesn't look modified) and looking for a female, but they will crawl > about to find a better website sometimes. The large, plump insect is a fly, > member of the family Psychodidae, known as moth flies. This one could be > Clogmia albipunctata. Small, slender moth is the last specimen but not sure > if a tineid. > > Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. (Retired) | Entomologist, Arachnologist, > Myriapodologist > > Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research > > 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, text, voicemail > > https://www.messagemanager.americanmessaging.net/SendMessageFree.aspx > > The New York Entomological Society, Inc. > > www.nyentsoc.org > > n...@amnh.org > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of chris.niver <chris.ni...@mam.org> > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2020 3:34 PM > *To:* MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [PestList] ID Help > > EXTERNAL SENDER > > I've been finding two types of spider in multiple traps. One is on average > about 15 mm and is reddish brown (001 and 002) the other is about 4 mm and > translucent (003). Because I'm finding multiple examples of each I'm > wondering what they are and do they indicate any particular issues with our > storage. I also have 2 new specimens (to me) 004 is 1 cm in length and 005 > is 4 mm across. Could 004 be a springtail? > > Chris > > > > *MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM* > 700 N. 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