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Staphylinid or rove beetle. For the most part are predaceous, some feed on decaying vegetation, few are termitophiles or myrmecophiles, few are specialist predators with modified moutparts. Not really a pest at all. On Tue, 17 May 2011 11:17:14 -0400, Diana Welsh wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dear listserve, > > Last week you were kind enough to assist me with the identification of a beetle. It was much appreciated. Today, I have another insect that both our conservator and I are having trouble identifying. We have been through Mallis' Handbook of Pest Control and A Field Guide to Insects and Spiders. We have also both done numerous searches on the internet. We have found some images that come close but the size is always way off. We feel that this may be a beetle that has lost its wings. If it was stretched out straight it would measure roughly 5/8" We found it in one of our traps placed for the month of April. We are a historic house in northern Virginia and want to make sure that this little guy isn't of concern to the historic structure or objects within. So far it is the only one that we have caught in a trap and have not seen any more anywhere else yet. > > Thank you, > > Diana Welsh > Collections Management Assistant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
