RE: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Joel is correct. That's the lesser pine borer. Elegant creature, indeed. Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management (EHSEM) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Disease From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Voron, Joel Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 2:32 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Identification help 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. --- Acanthocinus nodosus (Fabricius) Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org> [1474552137245_IMG_0499.JPG] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net>> on behalf of Dinkel, Chelsea <chelsea.din...@ringling.org<mailto:chelsea.din...@ringling.org>> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:45:26 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> Subject: [pestlist] Identification help 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 everyone, This interesting visitor was found outside of our museum the other day here in Sarasota, FL. I was just curious as to what it was and wanted to see if anyone had an idea (clearly it's not an immediate threat as it was found outside the museum walls). The body of it was about 3.5 to 4 cm with some really long antennae. Thanks! Chelsea Dinkel - 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
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- I would say an exotic long horned beetle some type of Cerambycidae. JTV Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org [1474552137245_IMG_0499.JPG] From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.neton behalf of Dinkel, Chelsea Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:45:26 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Hello everyone, This interesting visitor was found outside of our museum the other day here in Sarasota, FL. I was just curious as to what it was and wanted to see if anyone had an idea (clearly it’s not an immediate threat as it was found outside the museum walls). The body of it was about 3.5 to 4 cm with some really long antennae. Thanks! Chelsea Dinkel - 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 - 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
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- It's a heteropteran bug that's come in from outside - a plant feeder, and no threat to your collections. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 8 May 2014 22:56, Sadvary, Rachel rachel.sadv...@phxart.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi All, Nice to “meet” you! I need some help identifying an insect that was seen on one of our gallery walls today (5/8/2014) in Phoenix, AZ. It measures about 2 mm long. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! [image: sadvary] -- 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.netand 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
Re: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thank you for your advice. I will set up the traps. Tony Irwin tony.ir...@btinternet.com , 2/3/2014 9:58 PM: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Looks very like Tineola bisselliella - the webbing clothes moth. This can be a persistent museum pest, feeding on a variety of animal derivatives, especially wool. Usual action would be to get the identification confirmed (from a specimen) then monitor using baited traps to establish the extent of the problem. Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 3 February 2014 17:03, landgr...@chinati.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Soo pretty in pink!!! B Bettina Landgrebe Director of Conservation The Chinati Foundation PO Box 1135 1 Cavalry Row Marfa, TX 79843 t. 432 729 4742 f. 432 729 4597 landgr...@chinati.org www.chinati.org From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mette Carlsen Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:16 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, The insect was found alive in the basement (office area) of our museum in New York City. There were a few of them. Can anybody assist in identifying this insect, please? Many thank, Mette -- 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 -- 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Soo pretty in pink!!! B Bettina Landgrebe Director of Conservation The Chinati Foundation PO Box 1135 1 Cavalry Row Marfa, TX 79843 t. 432 729 4742 f. 432 729 4597 landgr...@chinati.org www.chinati.org http://www.chinati.org/ From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Mette Carlsen Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:16 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, The insect was found alive in the basement (office area) of our museum in New York City. There were a few of them. Can anybody assist in identifying this insect, please? Many thank, Mette -- 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification Help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi, The common name of this fly is Fungus Gnat. Typically this insect is associated with potted plants that are over-watered. Over-watering potted plants promotes fungal growth which the immature stage, maggot, feeds on. Inspect the plant soil and look for the tiny maggots AND shake the plant and see if you observe any adult gnats fly around. If the plant(s) are the source, you can remove them or discard them if possible. Fungus gnats also can be found in damp areas with decaying organic matter. An insecticidal soap can be used to treat the potting soil and mitigate the maggot stages. Additionally, you can install yellow colored sticky traps in the potted plants to monitor for these gnats. Hope this helps. Mike Deutsch MS BCE Urban Entomologist Long Island, New York From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Kacey Page Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:28 AM To: pestlist Subject: [pestlist] Identification Help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello All We keep getting this bug in our pest traps at the Museum. The traps are located in a live insect area (but this is not one we have on display!) Can any one help identify it? Thanks for any help on this! Kacey Page Collections Manager Buffalo Museum of Science 1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211 716-896-5200 x381 kp...@sciencebuff.org -- 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
RE: [pestlist] Identification Help
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- They look very much like Dienerella (Latridiidae). A dorsal view would help confirm the genus, but specific identification will be difficult from a photo. They are one of the mould beetles, and are likely to be associated with the lunch room, rather than the archives, unless your storage conditions are rather damp? ;o) Tony Irwin Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of Shannon Coles Sent: 02 October 2012 14:48 To: pestlist Subject: [pestlist] Identification Help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello, We have been finding quite a few of these very small insects in our traps lately. I'm not sure what they are. They remind me of powder post beetles but being an archives that doesn't make a lot sense to me. This trap was located in our lunch room under the sink. Any help that can be offered is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Shannon Coles Preservation Services Archives of Ontario Email: shannon.co...@ontario.ca -- 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
Re: [pestlist] identification help sought
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com [22] -Original Message- FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [1] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [2]]ON BEHALF OF bugma...@aol.com [3] SENT: 21 December 2011 19:13 TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [4] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [5] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [8] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org [9] www.societyofthecincinnati.org [10] -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist
Re: [pestlist] identification help sought
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Both dermestids and tineids will graze on silk sizing, but they both require keratin for larval development. Tom Parker Sent from my iPhone On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Lou sor...@amnh.org wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly
RE: [pestlist] identification help sought
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of raw silk). The process is called degumming. Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] ON BEHALF OF Lou SENT: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM TO: pestlist@museumpests.net SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [34] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com [35] wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [22] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com [23] -Original Message- FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [1] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [2]]ON BEHALF OF bugma...@aol.com [3] SENT: 21 December 2011 19:13 TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [4] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [5] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney and Lou - In my consulting travels, I've even seen silverfish damage to silk. They graze the surface and finally make their way through the threads. If a piece is displayed against a backing, they will hide behind it and feed from the back to the front. I've also seen quite a bit of damage from ultra-violet light to silk. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lou sor...@amnh.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 11:23 am Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of “raw” silk). The process is called “degumming.” Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lou Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin To: pestlist Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Yes, Tom, so have I. Silverfish can also be found in hot attics. It's interesting that there are uses for sericin after degumming. http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/16/1510/a-value-added-finish-from-silk-degumming-waste-liquor1.asp [66] [67]Silk moth pupae/cocoons are boiled in water and the cocoon silk removed. The bare pupa is eaten (tastes O.K.)-- can quickly cook with oil, spices. The hot water must aid in sericin removal or some other process is also used? Raw silk fabric possibly prepared a different way or sericin is removed via another method that doesn't disturb it in boiling water? It is hot water soluble, however. Article notes that it offers UV protection. If it's removed, then I guess the UV protection goes out the window. But how about raw silk-- is UV protection by virtue of leaving sericin intact? On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500, bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney and Lou - In my consulting travels, I've even seen silverfish damage to silk. They graze the surface and finally make their way through the threads. If a piece is displayed against a backing, they will hide behind it and feed from the back to the front. I've also seen quite a bit of damage from ultra-violet light to silk. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lou To: pestlist Sent: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 11:23 am Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [55] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Whitney, that's why I spoke about the natural situation whereby tineid caterpillars and dermestid larvae are known to infest. Infestations from natural locations act as reservoirs for potential infestations in collections in buildings. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:10:43 -0500, Whitney Robertson wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [34] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- FYI, When silk is processed, the sericin layers on the outside of the fibroin strands are usually removed (except in the case of raw silk). The process is called degumming. Fibroin is composed of the amino acids serine, alanine, and glycine. Your pre-holiday textile update from Whitney Robertson :} FROM: ad...@museumpests.net [35] [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net [36]] ON BEHALF OF Lou SENT: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:42 AM TO: pestlist@museumpests.net [37] SUBJECT: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [38] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is a definition of silk from one publication: Sericin is a hot water-soluble macromolecular globular protein. It represents a family of proteins having molecular mass of 10 to 310 kDa. Sericin envelops the fibroin fibre with successive sticky layers that help in the formation of cocoon. Sericin contributes about 20-30% of the total cocoon weight. The sericin protein is made of 18 amino acids most of which have strongly polar side groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. I'd say that silk is a protein, but is not keratin containing. Dermestids don't feed on silk, but possibly tineid caterpillars are able to? Yes, it's true that both tineid and dermestid larvae will chew on silks as Tom notes, especially if there are stains and residues that must be tasty. In a natural situation, in caterpillar silk mats and spider webs or retreats, there can be parts of shed skins, dried insect and arachnid corpses (including dried spider prey), and the like that would constitute a good diet for foraging dermestid and tineid larvae. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:22 -0500, bugma...@aol.com [39] wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net [21] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- 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 -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Neither dermestids nor clothes moth larvae eat silk. Silk has no keratin (animal protein) in it. The text books are wrong. If dermestids or clothes moth larvae damage silk, they inadvertently do so as they graze on the sizing. Silk threads are so fine, the larvae may damage them, but they are not feeding on the silken threads. They simply chew through them as they forage of the sizing. Wool, horse hair, whale baleen, porcupine quills, embroidery, etc. all have keratin and will support fabric pest larval development. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Tony Irwin tony.ir...@btinternet.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- If the larva is that of an Odd Beetle (I have some doubts), then it is a potential threat to the collections if they contain silk or wool. It would be worth checking any upholstery containing these materials for damage. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603 493642. E-mail: tony.ir...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net]On Behalf Of bugma...@aol.com Sent: 21 December 2011 19:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Whitney - The beetles are not a direct threat to collections. It looks like they are a click beetle (Elateridae), a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae), and another one I can't quite make out. The larva appears to be an Odd Beetle. It's one of those strange dermestid beetles, whose larvae feed on protein materials. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Whitney Robertson wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 2:00 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help sought This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all, Yesterday, I discovered a pretty gnarly network of spiderwebs in one of our furniture storage areas and, upon cleaning them up, found three dead beetles and a live (!) larva. I am fairly new to insect ID and would love a little help identifying the bugs. I have attached some (admittedly pretty poor) photos and would appreciate any insight you might be able to share. Thanks very much! Whitney Robertson Whitney A. J. Robertson Museum Collections Manager The Society of the Cincinnati Anderson House 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 T 202.785.2040 x429 F 202.785.0729 wrobert...@societyofthecincinnati.org www.societyofthecincinnati.org -- 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 -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Where are you finding it? Gretchen From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lisa V Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:01 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification help Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- 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 The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- In a warehouse. Pretty low humidity, usually around 15-20%, avg. temperature around 70. I don't think it's a powderpost beetle because it has several segments on the lower half. Lisa From: Anderson, Gretchen anders...@carnegiemnh.org To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 10:28:09 AM Subject: RE: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Where are you finding it? Gretchen From:ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Lisa V Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:01 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] identification help Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana , if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -- 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 -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Lisa - It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles in the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lisa V lver...@yahoo.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- 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
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This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Correct, not lyctine bostrichid (powderpost beetles are included in Bostrichidae rather than Lyctidae). Body would not look like this beetle, and this looks like a staphylinid. Typical with the rove beetles, the elytra of this species are short and the abdominal sclerites are visible from above. Powderpost beetles have very different antennae with terminal knobs, body not shaped like this staphylinid, but more narrow and parallel-sided. Pronotum also would not be wide like that pictured here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Device bugma...@aol.com wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Lisa - It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles in the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. Tom Parker -Original Message- From: Lisa V lver...@yahoo.com To: pestlist pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Dear list, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! Best, lisa -- 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 -- 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