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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Yes, looks like a female chironomid. There have been reports of inhalant allergies affecting people due to large mass adult emergences. Over a few years there have been a different kind of fly (a chaoborid midge) that had mass emergences off 5th Avenue near the Met & Guggenheim museums. Many people in certain affected apartments also experienced inhalant problems when these adults flies were all over their windows/screens. Chaoborid larvae are aquatic and feed on certain mosquito larvae. It's possible that the midges were breeding in street rain drains where certain mosquitoes (possibly Culex pipiens molestus) also breed.
From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:18 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Help with identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi Kate Your picture is of a female non-biting midge (Chironomidae) - they are often abundant near water, where the larvae live, and swarms of males can sometimes be a nuisance. They don't pose a threat to the building or contents, but can be annoying for visitors (and staff!). Tony Irwin 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<mailto:tony.ir...@btinternet.com> -----Original Message----- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Kate Hughes Sent: 25 June 2012 15:52 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Help with identification This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I've recently found these flying insects inside and outside of the historic building in Virginia where I work. I don't recall ever seeing them before, but this June they are out in abundance. They are just under a centimeter in length and are yellow-green in color [please see attached photograph]. I'm new to IPM and have checked all of my resources without coming up with an identification. Could they be fungus gnats? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kate Hughes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto: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<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com<mailto:l...@collectionpests.com> or l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.Net> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto: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<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com<mailto:l...@collectionpests.com> or l...@zaks.com<mailto: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
