[pestlist] Re: Identification help

Oryzaephilus surinamensis, saw-toothed grain beetle Relatively small eyes with large space behind eye to back of head. as opposed to Oryzaephilus mercator, merchant grain beetle Relatively large eyes with small space behind eye to back of head. And not another species (O. acuminatus) that has

RE: [pestlist] Identification help please

I’d say it’s Reesa vespulae, too. I’ve seen this species a few times in the U.S. And there are only females in the populations. Lou Sorkin From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:14 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist]

[pestlist] Re: Varied Carpet Beetle (Attagenus verbasci).

Species name is Anthrenus verbasci. Black carpet beetle belongs in genus Attagenus. Get Outlook for Android From: pestlist@googlegroups.com on behalf of Adrienne Dastgir Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:00:08 PM To:

RE: [pestlist] Insect ID - Roly-Poly?

Correct, not an insect. It’s an isopod. This one is a woodlouse or pillbug; in fact, I’d also say that it’s Armadillidium vulgare that can roll up into a sphere and it’s also known as a roly-poly. And you thought the same way. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist

RE: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps

It’s interesting that most people associate starchy compounds with silverfish rather than proteins. So searching for potential infested materials should include protein sources such as dried animal matter including dead insects. Dead insects could be from other infested materials and the

RE: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps

But it may cost you the price of a cup of coffee! Lou Sorkin From: 'Thomas Parker' via Museumpests Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 1:01 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps EXTERNAL SENDER You can also use cocktail or coffee stirrers to elevate the

[pestlist] RE: beetle id

I think that’s a species of Crytophagidae rather than Latridiidae. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D5C7DB.0507F330] Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of Natural History Central Park West

[pestlist] RE: Fungus gnats?

“fungus gnats in late pupa stage” Stored indoors. Interestingly, those are fleas. I think cat flea which can be found on dogs, too. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D5C7B1.DEEE84D0] Division of

RE: [pestlist] Glue Trap Findings - Next Steps

all pictures review: male spider -- not sure of species -- need dorsal view. springtails house centipede (broken) an hemipteran – need clearer picture mite From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of ssfaandc Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2020 12:19 PM To: Museumpests Subject: [pestlist] Glue

RE: [pestlist] Beetle ID. Wood Boring?

com> mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Im Auftrag von Louis Sorkin Gesendet: Freitag, 20. Dezember 2019 20:07 An: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> Betreff: RE: [pestlist] Beetle ID. Wood Boring? Looks like a scolytine curculionid, bark and Ambrosia beetle. Loui

RE: [pestlist] Beetle ID. Wood Boring?

Looks like a scolytine curculionid, bark and Ambrosia beetle. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D5B73E.CB09A540] Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at

[pestlist] Re: Happy Holidays!

egroups.com On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 4:24 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [pestlist] RE: Happy Holidays! That Anthrenus has 2 front ends and can be very destructive. Lou From: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> mail

[pestlist] RE: Happy Holidays!

That Anthrenus has 2 front ends and can be very destructive. Lou From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Adam Osgood Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 3:25 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [pestlist] RE: Happy Holidays! EXTERNAL SENDER Thanks so much Antonia for your holiday

RE: [pestlist] Identification?

Collembola. Entomobryid springtail. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of jennifer.bridges Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2019 3:23 PM To: Museumpests Subject: [pestlist] Identification? EXTERNAL SENDER I found a few of these guys in a blunder trap. Any idea what it could be? Jenn

RE: [pestlist] Fwd: Insect Identification

Termite worker plus 2 springtails in one picture. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ozge Gencay-Ustun Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2019 3:10 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: FW: [pestlist] Fwd: Insect Identification EXTERNAL SENDER Dear All, Now that we talk about psocids,

RE: [pestlist] Fwd: Insect Identification

Yes, Samantha must be confusing the enlarged femora with beetle elytra. Booklice can be both winged and wingless in the adult stage. Barklice (same order) adults are typically winged. Wings are normally held roof-like over the body. Of course, nymphs never have wings. The slender, thread-like

Re: [pestlist] Kissing Bug?...

Yes, Leptoglossus occidentalis. I remembered reported damage from this insect. Not necessarily harmless. Sarah L. Bates. 2005. Damage to common plumbing materials caused by overwintering Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Can. Entomol. Vol. 137:492-496. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E.

RE: [pestlist] Unknown Insect

Correct, not ant or termite. It’s a parasitoid wasp, but it doesn’t look like a bethylid. Maybe someone will have more insight. Lou From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Stephan Biebl Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 12:40 PM To: Adrienne Dastgir Cc: pestlist@googlegroups.com

[pestlist] Re: help with these beetles!

Latridiid beetles. Minute brown scavenger beetles, some known as plaster beetles. The beetles are moisture, condensation related. Species are known from decomposing vegetation, leaf litter, herbaceous vegetation, trees, decomposing wood, and bird, mammal Hymenoptera nests Associated with fungi

[pestlist] RE: Mystery bug

Looks like an Anthrenus larva feeding on a Cheiracanthium spider. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Saori Lewis Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 10:32 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [pestlist] Mystery bug EXTERNAL SENDER Hello, Could someone help identify this hairy bug? I

[pestlist] Re: Two beetles

First 2 pictures is a species of latridiid beetle, but not Adistemia watsoni. The 3rd beetle looks like an elaterid click beetle, genus Aeolus. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology |

Re: [pestlist] Re: Can anyone identify this?

Nacerdes melanura. Larvae will be in wet wood probably buried. I've seen emergences in same location over many years. Some enter through building conduit intrusions or other cracks and can exit onto various floors or drop ceilings. Get Outlook for Android

RE: [pestlist] Question about webbing and cleaning

Silken spider retreat. There is a spider exuviae present and it looks like a salticid (jumping) spider was there. It’s on the prowl now helping you with any insect pests. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jessica Lian Pace Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 11:17 AM To:

RE: [pestlist] Drugstore beetle?

, 18:19 Louis Sorkin, mailto:sor...@amnh.org>> wrote: It’s easier if you see all 3 species at once. Comparison of 3 pictures of the 3 beetle species noted in these posts. See overall body shape, pronotum, elytra, head, antennae. Cigarette beetle[Image result for lasioderma serricorne] Dru

Re: [pestlist] Drugstore beetle?

egroups.com on behalf of Louis Sorkin Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:32 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Drugstore beetle? Not drugstore beetle, not Ptinidae (Anobiidae beetles are not in this family). Might be one of the mold beetles -- have to examine the pictures m

Re: [pestlist] Drugstore beetle?

Not drugstore beetle, not Ptinidae (Anobiidae beetles are not in this family). Might be one of the mold beetles -- have to examine the pictures more closely. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate

Re: [pestlist] Re: Mites in collection

you Jeffrey, Genevieve, and Louis, for your advice late on a Friday afternoon! Brenna From: on behalf of Louis Sorkin Reply-To: "pestlist@googlegroups.com" Date: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 4:13 PM To: "pestlist@googlegroups.com" Subject: [pestlist] Re: Mites in collection

[pestlist] Re: Mites in collection

Looks like an erythraeid adult. Larvae are parasitic as 6-legged larvae on other arthropods. Some feed on pollen. Predacious on smaller insects and mites and eggs. There have been cases with certain species coming in from outdoors and biting people, not so much to feed on but to taste. Louis

Re: [pestlist] Help Identifying Beetle!

Definitely anthocorid bug. They are small, predacious insects but sometimes they will get on you by flying or falling from tree and will taste you. Nymphs of many species are red and mistaken for being bed bug nymphs, too. And if you receive a bite from a red bug it must mean you have bed bugs.

RE: [pestlist] Possible Mite?

There are other red mites, also quite abundant this time of year, that crawl in to buildings. Their body shape is not like that on Bryobia mites and the relative leg lengths aren’t what you see in this in so far as the hind 6 are subequal and have the first pair very long. The red trombidioid

RE: [pestlist] Winged Booklice?

No, really depends on the species involved. You can read through the order listed in Bugguide to become more familiar with the classification. https://bugguide.net/node/view/67 Lou From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Forrest St. Aubin Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:38 AM To:

RE: [pestlist] ID request

It’s OK, it’s only a nymph. The adults are bigger. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jablonski, Megan T CIV USN (US) Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2019 10:58 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID request Jeez I hope they don’t spread to the west coast! [Thank you

Re: [pestlist] Fwd: Unknown beetle

At least one pictures shows an extended snout. Looks like member of Curculionidae. Get Outlook for Android From: pestlist@googlegroups.com on behalf of Forrest St. Aubin Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 9:12:50 PM To:

RE: [pestlist] Identify Pest cocoon?

Might be one in the same. From Wikipedia: Phereoeca uterella is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It is commonly known as the plaster bagworm but as the term "bagworm" more properly refers to moths of

RE: [pestlist] help with some IDs

Not sure if this is a duplicate posting on my part – tried while on the train earlier. 3 pictures: Female odd beetle, larva of odd beetle, image blurry so ID not really possible. Lou From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anderson, Gretchen Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2019 9:55 AM To:

[pestlist] RE: Pest ID help

It looks a bit curled up, but I'd say a booklouse, a species of Dorypteryx. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street|New York, New

[pestlist] FW: Requestion advice to resolve a pill bug infestation

I hit Send too soon. Left out 2 crickets. Of course, could be springtails and booklice as well, but can’t see clearly without picture breaking up. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Louis Sorkin Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 11:49 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject

[pestlist] RE: Requestion advice to resolve a pill bug infestation

Yes. There are many representatives. Isopods (woodlice), cockroach, 2 spider species (2 families, 1 looks like male Lycosidae, other could be Clubionidae), Ptinid spider beetles, Staphylinid rove beetle, and one specimen looks like a Mycetophilid fly. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist,

Re: [pestlist] RE: Pest ID please

get up to, but not recognised as a major pest AFAIK. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 19:58, Louis Sorkin mailto:sor...@amnh.org>> wrote: No, not powder post beetle (now family Bostrichidae

[pestlist] RE: Pest ID please

No, not powder post beetle (now family Bostrichidae rather than Lyctidae). I’m not sure of your NZ species of fungus-related beetles. Maybe a latridiid beetle but antennae are not typical for that family. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine &

RE: [pestlist] pest ID help

Yes. Click beetle. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of silvia manrique Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:44 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] pest ID help Wow, that was fast. Looking at the google images, it does look like a click beetle. Hopefully other

RE: [pestlist] Carpet beetle large area and termites

Just to further explain: Gretchen Anderson: As for the dermestids (carpet beetles), the larva will be eating proteins – wool, hair, hide, horn, feather. That kind of thing. You may have an old, long standing infestation. It is generally the larva that are causing the damage. * Many people

RE: [pestlist] Odd worm eating wood

That looks like a cerambycid beetle larva. Certain species can be pests in structural lumber. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of

RE: [pestlist] larva identification

Looks like a dried up dermestid larva, not a shed skin. Not black carpet beetle, Attagenus, or Thylodrias, Trogoderma, but maybe Anthrenus species. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0]

[pestlist] RE: Help identifying tiny little insects found on a collection object

Looks like a thrips species (Thysanoptera). Some are plant feeding and some are predaceous. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American Museum of Natural

[pestlist] RE: Small Beetles Found on Wooden Logs

Have to narrow it down to one of the following beetle families. Some examples of the following families: Cryptophagidae, Mycetophagidae, certain Silvanidae, Erotylidae (Xenoscelinae), certain Latridiidae I’m sure yours are moisture-related. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist,

[pestlist] RE: Tiny beetles

Yes, minute brown scavenger beetle, Latridiidae: most likely genus Cartodere, either subgenus Cartodere or Aridius. Need better pictures to ID the dark artifacts. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research

RE: [pestlist] Drugstore Beetle Identification

No, not a ptinid (anobiid of old), genus Stegobium. Antennae different; body different. Could be an erotylid, something like genus Cryptophilus or even a cryptophagid, genus Cryptophagus. Could be representative of other genera -- I can’t really tell from the photograph. Louis N. Sorkin,

RE: [pestlist] Beetle Larvae ID: Carpet, Odd, or other? AND Keeping a specimen in tact when caught alive?

Yes, I was going to post earlier. Thylodrias larvae have a flat frontal face surface, too. The specialized setae along the posterior margin of the dorsal sclerites also look like Thylodrias setae. No hastisetal brushes anywhere on the body. A good dorsal view of a larvae should help with the

[pestlist] RE: Unidentified bug

A scarab beetle from outdoors. Could be subfamily Melolonthinae, and maybe a species of Maladera. So seasonal. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] Division of Invertebrate Zoology|American

[pestlist] RE: Pest ID help please!

Hi Megan, Yes, first 3 are of a beetle – Drugstore beetle. The last could be a de-alate termite reproductive, maybe a species of Reticulitermes. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0]

Re: [pestlist] ID Confirmation and Help

Head is a booklouse head plus antennae. Body shrunk up. Easiest to see in capture7. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th

Re: [pestlist] ID Confirmation and Help

Looks like a small dermestid beetle larva. 2 pictures of a booklouse. 2 pictures of a springtail. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park

RE: [pestlist] Mystery

The mites could be a commensal species that lives with the beetle and jumped ship when their transportation died. Looks like one of the mesostigmatid mite species (there are many, but could be unique to that species of beetle). From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Todd Holmberg Sent:

RE: [pestlist] Beetle Identification Assistance

I agree, Anthrenus coloratus. A sort of atypical body shape for Anthrenus if you know A. verbasci, A. fuscus and A. scrophulariae. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research [cid:image001.png@01D235DF.2C8D90E0] Division of