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I'll second ground beetle and echo William's statement of "accidental" visitor and not necessary to dive too deep into in terms of nailing down a species. Dead ones in numbers can provide food for dermistids. Eliminating them or preventing them from entering is still a good thing! Best, Matt Matthew A. Mickletz - Manager, Preventive Conservation - Winterthur Museum<http://www.winterthur.org/> - 302.888.4752 IPM Working Co-Chair From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of William Shepherd Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 2:29 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Mystery Beetle This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello Erika, I'll take a stab here. It appears to be a ground beetle of some kind. More knowledgeable subscribers can likely narrow it down further, there's so many different species, but might not be necessary for your purposes. Likely an accidental visitor more so than a 'museum pest' as they tend to be invertebrate predators. If I'm correct about it being a ground beetle, as a defense they can secrete substances that could potential harm collections but likely less of a worry than someone accidently squishing a specimen with something. As long as you're not seeing several specimens probably not to be an ongoing concern but I'd be interested in hearing what others have to say. William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Wingfield, Erika Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 12:06 PM To: 'pestlist@museumpests.net' <pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net>> Subject: [pestlist] Mystery Beetle This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, This little beetle was found in a case that contained a vellum scroll. I looked in my IPM books--but I have not been able to identify him. The color is a little off in the picture...in real life the beetle is a reddish-brown color. Any clues as to what this little guy may be would be much appreciated! Kindly, Erika [cid:image001.jpg@01D2C41D.6CB7B480] Erika Wingfield Assistant Registrar Direct: 602.307.2030 Email: erika.wingfi...@phxart.org<mailto:erika.wingfi...@phxart.org> Phoenix Art Museum 1625 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 phxart.org<http://www.phxart.org/> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com