Photo is a ventral view. Insect is not an insect; it's an arachnid. Clearly shows that it is a mite and not a spider. It could be a predatory anystid mite like Paratarsotomus, but not sure. "The carpets spread out in the open air and exposed to the sun for several days, as the carpet warmed up, the insects came out; it was vacuumed. the next day the same thing happened, although the number of insects was much less, it was vacuumed too. They decreased, but they are still there." It sounds like the mites were outside and climbed onto the carpets and you noticed activity. These aren't parasitic on rodents or birds, so they're not indoors and from those hosts if these are in your facility. I think you'll just have to vacuum them up.
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Treasurer & Monthly Meeting Organizer www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> n...@amnh.org<mailto:n...@amnh.org> [cid:e0fbc309-08fc-4b3e-8710-0d3443cbe9b5] ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of shokoufeh mesbahi <mesbahi...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 8:34 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Re: Insect identification EXTERNAL SENDER Hello and thank you for your comments I will also send a picture of the bottom of the insect's body This was one of the big insects, some are much, much smaller. Tom Parker and Lou Sorkin, thank you for your explanation. The carpets spread out in the open air and exposed to the sun for several days, as the carpet warmed up, the insects came out; it was vacuumed. the next day the same thing happened, although the number of insects was much less, it was vacuumed too. They decreased, but they are still there. If they don't feed on wool and cotton, then why do they live in piles of carpets? And How to eliminate them? With reapect Shokoufeh mesbahi On Wed, 7 Sep 2022, 17:22 Louis N Sorkin, <sor...@amnh.org<mailto:sor...@amnh.org>> wrote: Tom. Look again. See prosoma. No spider pedipalp. No separate cephalothorax. Not spider legs. Lou Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2FAAb9ysg&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cfdfc13a0371241ce137c08da9196789b%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637982372739379049%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lAPYK1o0PZX9KE5lp6ZmqjKkdCyVppz6DUVg%2BmKP27c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ From: 'bugman22' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 8:03:21 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: [PestList] EXTERNAL SENDER Lou I have to disagree. It's not a mite; it's an orb-weaving spider. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Louis N Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org<mailto:sor...@amnh.org>> To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Wed, Sep 7, 2022 7:05 am Subject: Re: [PestList] The image in first photo is too small to identify, but the magnified image is a mite. It's from outdoors. There's a way that mites are gaining access into the building. There might be other arthropods as well gaining access. Mites can be cleaned up or vacuumed up, but need to seal up access points to eliminate them. They aren't particular pests of textiles. Lou Sorkin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2FAAb9ysg&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cfdfc13a0371241ce137c08da9196789b%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637982372739379049%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lAPYK1o0PZX9KE5lp6ZmqjKkdCyVppz6DUVg%2BmKP27c%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ From: 'bugman22' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6:47:30 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: [PestList] EXTERNAL SENDER The enlarged photo shows an immature orb-weaving spider. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: shokoufeh mesbahi <mesbahi...@gmail.com<mailto:mesbahi...@gmail.com>> To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wed, Sep 7, 2022 5:00 am Subject: [PestList] Hello all We encountered a kind of pest in the carpet of a museum in Tehran. They are very, very small and move fast. They look like spiders ot maybe a tick. The insect is very small. There is an insect in the picture above the pen. How can I send a photo? I want to know what are their names? What is their life cycle? What is the reason for their presence? Do they feed on wool and cotton? How to eliminate them? Grateful With respect Shokoufeh mesbahi -- 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>. 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