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. ----------------------------------------------------------- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -----Original Message----- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Whitney Robertson <wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
