Hi Silvia,
It is kind of hard to tell from your photos - but they look like grain beetle, possibly the "confused flour beetle" Tirbolium conf usum or one of its relatives. Gretchen Anderson Conservator Science Museum of Minnesota 651-221-4764 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.smm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Silvia Gonzales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:05:51 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [pestlist] beetle problem Hello, We have been finding some beetles in one of our galleries. Comparing the photos we took of them with those online I suspect they are drugstore beetles. I purchased several food bait/pheromone traps aimed at drugstore beetles but haven’t caught more than two in a month. Are those traps effective or is it a sign that my bugs aren’t drugstore thus not attracted by these particular pheromones? Or they suddenly pack their stuff and left? Can anyone look at the attached images and give me a clue? Also, If you know how to deal with a potential infestation in a gallery, please let me know. Thanks, Silvia N Gonzales Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 410 Campus Center Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Ph: 801.585.97.69 Fx: 801.585.51.98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
