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Image #5 appears to be a Melyridae beetle perhaps Anthocomus equestris (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Melyridae)? http://bugguide.net/node/view/49980/bgimage As far as I know there are no museum pests within this family. The only concern is that the dead insects may serve as food for some pestiferous insects such as Anthrenus and Trogoderma spp (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and/or Psocoptera. Image # 007 I believe is a Trogoderma anthrenoides (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)male specimen. http://bugguide.net/node/view/606232/bgimage http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/142220/42051 It is a bit more of a concern considering that it can be a minor pest of stored products of primarily animal origin though it has been recorded damaging dried chillies and corn. The following article contain some biological information on T. anthrenoides. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=2583428 Image #006 is most likely a very worn specimen of Trogoderma grassmani Beal or perhaps T. simplex (Jayne) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). The specimen appears to be long dead. http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/135918 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> From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mullen, Kathleen D - WHS Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2014 4:03 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification: two types of tiny beetles 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- I found these three - out of maybe a dozen all together - on two window sills of our rare book storage. The room and the window sills have been cleaned well within the past year and are pretty routinely monitored. Other than multicolored Asian lady beetles which try in droves to get in through the windows in fall, this is the first I've seen of pests in this area. (We made efforts last fall to re-seal the windows, since some lady beetles were clearly getting in in previous years.) Image 5 shows what appears to me to be a beetle which is about 4 mm long in with brown and black stripes. Image 6 and 7 show what I am concerned may be carpet beetles. They are about 2.5 mm long and have varied light reddish brown and black markings, though i don't see any very white areas, which I'm used to seeing on pictures of carpet beetles. Thank You, Katie Mullen Preservation Coordinator, Library-Archives Wisconsin Historical Society 816 State Street Madison, WI 53706-1482 PH: 608-264-6489 cell: 608-575-8944 kathleen.mul...@wisconsinhistory.org<mailto:kathleen.mul...@wisconsinhistory.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> 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
