Hello, Katy, Your identification is correct.
If I can ever be of service to you, please contact me. I am a board certified entomologist with several decades of experience. For your information, I have attached my website Respectfully, Forrest E. St. Aubin, BCE Consulting Entomologist 12835 Pembroke Circle Leawood, Kansas 66209 Phone: 913.927.9588 E-mail: forr...@saintaubinbce.com<mailto:forr...@saintaubinbce.com> Website: www.saintaubinbce.com<http://www.saintaubinbce.com/> “Control your destiny or somebody else will.” Jack Welch . From: pestlist@googlegroups.com [mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katy Corneli Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:45 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Carpet Beetle Risk Hello all, In the four years that I have been doing IPM at my current museum we have trapped three adult carpet beetles. (I have logged them as Anthrenus verbasci though am open to correction). My question is less about identification and more about threat level. The three beetles in the attached images were found in traps on two different levels of the museum each at least a year apart. I put down additional traps in the area each time I came across one and never came up with any more beetles or their larvae. I assumed they were incidental, brought in on the clothing of our visitors. Looking back at my photos though I began to wonder. The first two images are from May of 2018 and March 2021 and the pattern on their elytra(?) looks nearly identical to my novice eyes. Our third specimen, found in July of 2019, strikes me as very similar also but a bit “paler” in its coloring. I don’t know much about these insects beyond what their larvae can do to our collection. Are similar patterns indicative of some localized “family” of beetles somewhere in our building? Or would any member of this species have such a pattern? Most importantly, is there anything else I can do besides laying down additional traps and monitoring more frequently to assess the actual threat level these specimens represent? Any insight is much appreciated. Thank you, Katy Katharine Corneli Collections Manager | Conservator Prehistoric Museum<https://eastern.usu.edu/museum/> Office: 435-613-5765 Email: katharine.corn...@usu.edu<mailto:katharine.corn...@usu.edu> [cid:14962061-2FAF-4E35-AB43-45898538268B] -- 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/BYAPR07MB49980BD2F06D3963545A1A60EA759%40BYAPR07MB4998.namprd07.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BYAPR07MB49980BD2F06D3963545A1A60EA759%40BYAPR07MB4998.namprd07.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/DM5PR16MB231049C9488F352139367C8AAA749%40DM5PR16MB2310.namprd16.prod.outlook.com.
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