Thanks Tony! My coworkers and I have been wondering if it might be a ground beetle larva. We've had an uptick in black ground beetles, as well, so it seems to fit...
Fran Ritchie, Conservator (Objects) Harpers Ferry Center fran_ritc...@nps.gov American Institute for Conservation Professional Associate (peer-reviewed) From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 1:21 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PestList] Mystery blob This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. Hi Fran I would say this is a beetle larva, but I can't place it in a family with any confidence. Hopefully someone with a better knowledge of the North American fauna will recognise it. As far as I can see, it's not a pest species. Best wishes Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 16:51, 'Ritchie, Fran E' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Hi Everyone, We have been finding several of these critters on this month's traps around our facility in West Virginia. I wouldn't be too concerned if we were only finding them on traps adjacent to exterior doors, but the one in the photo was discovered in a collection space that (in theory) is sealed better. It is 1cm long. Any guesses? Turns out, a google search of "tiny black caterpillar that isn't fuzzy" doesn't help very much.... (Is it even a caterpillar?! Sorry for the general non-entomologist term!) Thanks! Fran Fran Ritchie, Conservator (Objects) Harpers Ferry Center fran_ritc...@nps.gov<mailto:fran_ritc...@nps.gov> American Institute for Conservation Professional Associate (peer-reviewed) -- 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/SA9PR09MB49745C5C0E59074B43A75DA1EBAE9%40SA9PR09MB4974.namprd09.prod.outlook.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FSA9PR09MB49745C5C0E59074B43A75DA1EBAE9%2540SA9PR09MB4974.namprd09.prod.outlook.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cfran_ritchie%40nps.gov%7Cf324319434a849c2723208d9875b7aa5%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637689649251393846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=g7E8q52F1XYXMXu4DlN4oPYRArrzUM0IhpQSDrOX%2Bzw%3D&reserved=0>. -- 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/CAFWqZKOtVDoFFkVOpV8A%2BY13hUGVMN5UxZYgY3Kx5d9BF_%3DZog%40mail.gmail.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FCAFWqZKOtVDoFFkVOpV8A%252BY13hUGVMN5UxZYgY3Kx5d9BF_%253DZog%2540mail.gmail.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cfran_ritchie%40nps.gov%7Cf324319434a849c2723208d9875b7aa5%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637689649251403802%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Ri4h97KTqL53sgsXNJjedFjosaveXspg2LA1ime3aNA%3D&reserved=0>. -- 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/SA9PR09MB49744738DF967A08B530F657EBAE9%40SA9PR09MB4974.namprd09.prod.outlook.com.
