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The images are; Odd - Odd beetle adult male Odd 1 - Odd beetle adult female Odd 2 - Odd beetle young larva Jonesh 3 - Appears to be a rove beetle. These feed on detritus and other things depending on the species. Pat Kelley ________________________________ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Peterson, Elizabeth A Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 4:44 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] ID & freezer question Hello pest list, I have attached four images: three of which I believe are different phases of the odd beetle, but am looking for some confirmation of that. I had thought that all the larvae I was finding were carpet beetle larvae, but now am rethinking that as I find what I think are odd beetle adults. But it seems as though they both raise similar concerns in relation to library collections. I don't have a clue of what the thing pictured in the image titled jonesh3 is, can anyone ID it? I'm also putting a query out there about a freezer. I'd like to get a freezer for our institution that will be used for incoming gifts and possibly as a mechanism for treating a large collection in the process of moving it to a new space. I've found a mini walk-in room that's in our budget, but it automatically defrosts, raising the air temperature to about -15C every 6 hours. The company has told me that items stored in it only warm up about 2 or 3 degrees during the defrost (from -20C) but this still makes me concerned about its pest killing abilities. Am I right to be concerned about that, or will it be effective in treating collections materials for pests? Thanks, Annie Peterson Annie Peterson Preservation Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University 504 865 5641 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
