Hi Lydia, As Stephan stated, it appears to be a saw-toothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis but these beetles should only be about 3mm in length, not the 7 mm that you stated. The merchant grain beetle has a smaller temple behind the eye and is about the same size. Saw-toothed grain beetles are grain pests rather than museum pests. Here is some information on them. There are decent trapping systems for monitor for them as well.
https://www.insectslimited.com/food Pat <https://xy314.infusionsoft.com/app/form/c9d55fc37d27412988d0f757b0e1ad71> ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Stephan Biebl <i...@holzwurmfluesterer.de> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 3:48 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [PestList] ID help [EXTERNAL] Hi Lydia, it looks for me like a „Saw toothed Grain Beetle“ (=Stored Product Pest). If its Right, could be O. surinamensis or mercator? More from the Ento-Experts ;-) Best, Stephan Stephan Biebl Pest Control Expert 83671 Benediktbeuern Germany www.holzwurmfluesterer.de<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.holzwurmfluesterer.de&c=E,1,zHOZv7QApj0MmuFrXd53CY4s6h2VhiV8--7JGpGb9rPBbRQpsXjRhPFZEf1w5FS5EKg3j_st9Tixvu-lUKTCySkuO1yycjktf0OLmLrRZ8wY52QTbr0,&typo=1> Am 28.08.2020 um 21:36 schrieb 'Lydia Garetano' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com>: Hi All! Happy Friday! Hoping to get some help ID'ing these guys found on an incoming collection. They measure about 7mm. Attached pictures of the front and back views. Thanks so much! Lydia -- Lydia M. Garetano Assistant Collection Manager Preservation and Collections Processing The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 917.229.9731 | x39731 nypl.org<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fnypl.org&c=E,1,kHgS7JlBPDSGaVu5KoTgZzntchiCvrYudVIXgmg44CTNKq6tDvGlAPud_E9bB3FodM3saukBLW4lZtLT_y5OboxUGwaa4Gy5RD2q6KWl_fc,&typo=1> -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAA7a99aqJsO%2B7Pp9JEbSTaRibBNS0bSSXYZwuX2ixzbJkFXeTQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2fCAA7a99aqJsO%252B7Pp9JEbSTaRibBNS0bSSXYZwuX2ixzbJkFXeTQ%2540mail.gmail.com%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,kWS_r3pOdHp7beeJ3ZWSP4TP6H56-6RcUwGfo-lZDw5W5XkBhGchINa1WRMX0_LQquGXCszF50JosrZHJMLzB-BT2PecH8bceoxrq11dQ19z&typo=1>. <unidbeetle back.jpg> <unidbeetle front.jpg> -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/D730F933-7482-469D-8757-814478089563%40holzwurmfluesterer.de<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2fD730F933-7482-469D-8757-814478089563%2540holzwurmfluesterer.de%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,t96cXef0oSwVde1_VH5RaLg2YwDTFu-j7KEqTzgTPt2Axe2Bvm-Bgkj5XB-7cmjj5M8voytMQRrYw9DDWa7Y1A0pzdJo1sH24J4UMQ2GuYnv&typo=1>. -- 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/DM6PR14MB2348563D3623124F74519844F8520%40DM6PR14MB2348.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
