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Images DSC1021.JPG8.jpg and inseto_RT02.jpg depicting an Aphodiinae beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Many different species of Scarabs are attracted to light and often get into buildings. The main worry is that their bodies may provide food for pest species such as Anthrenus spp., Trogoderma spp. and Attagenus spp. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). DSC1021.JPG0.jpg and insetos anoxia 20134.jpg are Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), common name cigarette or tobacco beetle. It is one of the most common pest of any dry plant material in storage environments including museums, particularly herbaria and thnographic museums. Since you photographed a larva as well probably you've got a problem. 01.jpg is a termite alate. It is very difficult to identify alates even when you have the specimen in front of you. Usually the locality where you found it helps to narrow down the possibilities. 08.jpg is an empty Lepidoptera pupal case, the adult already emerged. It is most likely Tinea blisselliella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), common name case making clothes moth. It is a very common and significant pest particularly ib ethnographic collections. The reddish colour of the cocoon most likely due to the feeding on reddish woollen (or other animal fur) product. Best regards: Andras Szito | Taxonomist/Curator Plant Biosecurity | Entomology Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151 Locked Bag 4 | Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983 t +61 (0)8 9368 3571 | f +61 (0)8 9368 2958 e andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.au<mailto:andras.sz...@agric.wa.gov.au> w www.agric.wa.gov.au<http://www.agric.wa.gov.au> This e-mail and files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressee. The confidentiality and/or privilege in this e-mail is not waived, lost or destroyed if it has been transmitted to you in error. If you received this e-mail in error you must (a) not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it; (b) please notify the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA immediately by return e-mail to the sender; (c) please delete the original e-mail. Department of Agriculture and Food WA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
