Hi Jef,I’ll give a try at helping you out. I’m new into the world of horticultural IPM, but have had to inspect a few truckloads of plants from California and Florida. When we scout the plants for pests, we’re usually finding insects harmful to the plant. Occasionally we’ll get an anole lizard pop
Woah! Yeah that’d set me on edge! Did you treat it in the morning or evening or ASAP (due to a public area).Best,MattSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 6, 2023, at 12:04, Voron, Joel wrote:
Here is a fine example of a yellow jacket void nest. These are always an adrenaline rush to treat. There
Hi,
Looks like the remains of a type of leaf-footed bug. Others might have a better
idea.
Matt
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Barsness, Lucy
Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:31 PM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [PestList] Mystery Bug on the Back of A Crayon
Hi,
We have been using a variety of sticky traps over the years. I like the ones
that fold into a rectangular shape only because they can fit under objects a
bit easier. I believe they are 7’x4.5” when flat. Have used Victor and
Catchmaster brands with pretty much equal success.
We do place
I’ll second rove beetle.
Matt
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Fox
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What my wife posted to my Facebook page today She gets me haha!
[May be an image of text that says 'Bugs o Kisses NEBRASKA GAME A PARKS-']
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager, Preventive Conservation
Direct: 302.888.4752
Winterthur Museum, Library & Gardens
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
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I was thinking the same thing Genevieve!
Matt
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Genevieve E.
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 10:54 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [PestList] Unknown insect
Christina,
I think it is an adult female odd beetle, a very beautiful
HI Nancy,
I have to be the devil’s advocate and ask if you’re sure that it’s the button
that the frass if from? A dermestid’s frass usually is the color of what it’s
fed on. I realize that the button has been fed upon or damaged in some way,
however it looks more as if a mouse nibbled at it
Thanks for this yearly reminder, Adam! I’ll make sure my kids are on the look
out.
I hope you’ve all been good little IPMers this year! Pests are the “gifts” that
keep on giving all year through. Much like a jelly of the month club.
Warm wishes for a happy and safe holiday season to all!
I agree. Silverfish.
Matt M
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Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 5:31 PM
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Subject: [PestList] RE: ID Help
To me it looks like a silverfish?
From:
Hi Eric,
My museum puts up a large tree within the main museum building each year that
is covered in dried flowers. For years it was located in areas near collections
– primarily furniture, metals and ceramics. They moved the tree in recent years
to our Conservatory, which also typically has
be a part of the archive!
Best,
Madeline
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Hi Madeline!
Great images! Unfortunate to have webbing clothes moths around, but at least it
was a caught one.
May MuseumPests use this in our image bank at some point? Credit would of
course be given.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager
Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden
Hi,
Reminds me of a rove beetle larva. Curious what others with much more
entomological prowess will say however ☺ If it is a rove beetle, you have
nothing to worry about in terms of a threat to your collection.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager
Preventive Conservation
Winterthur
Hello everyone,
A few days ago an email was automatically sent to the PestList from Conserv
asking if you would still like to be included in future emails.
This email and request for response is NOT associated with from MuseumPest nor
does it pertain to your subscription status to the
Thank you Michael.
We’ll make the appropriate changes so it doesn’t further clog up the Listserv.
Best,
Matt Mickletz
MPWG Co-Chair
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
Hello everyone,
We now have another way to access the Public Presentations from March 11th: via
our YouTube channel! We know there are folks that do not use Facebook or other
social media, so this gives the perfect alternative for viewing. Give it a
"like" and follow us!
Hop on over to MPWG's Facebook for IPM presentations LIVE from 12:00 - 4:30PM
(GMT -5) US EST today March 11th, 2021!
https://www.facebook.com/MuseumPests
Matthew A. Mickletz
MPWG Co-Chair
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
We are both
registered for the webinar tomorrow
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 08:30:59 AM EST, Matthew Mickletz
mailto:mmi...@winterthur.org>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Some key information regarding MuseumPests’s Public Presentation Session:
- When: March 11th, 2021
-
Freimark. We are both
registered for the webinar tomorrow
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 08:30:59 AM EST, Matthew Mickletz
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Hello everyone,
Some key information regarding MuseumPests’s Public Presentation Session:
- When: March 11th
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uoi de mieux que le présent pour découvrir le passé?
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And it is US Eastern Standard Time ☺ At some point this day will improve for me
haha
Matt
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Here you go:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL42s9llqws431ChpF0_pCY1Y4592LXX2B9hMjtrSsYdJwuw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2IADdGlxWI-K-tbOo-iu1LAsvLGB9Y_VLXojES_f4ZxxcsiECYMK0rtlU
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Matt
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Sorry, link isn’t working! I’ll get it figured out. My apologies.
Matt
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Hello all,
Just
Hello all,
Just a reminder that even if you did not submit an abstract for the MuseumPests
Working Group's Public Session on March 11th, you can still attend/watch it!
We're asking that you RSVP via this link:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdL42s9llqws4.../viewform
It will be presented
Thanks Joel! A good read with a title, as usual, that makes the reader think
the worst. Fantastic that they go on the discuss the minimal danger they
actually pose in addition to the effect of the pandemic on populations of
spiders (and other pests) in unoccupied or lightly occupied buildings.
Thanks for posting Adie. I plan to share this on the MuseumPests Facebook page
as well if that is OK with you?
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager
Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
winterthur.org
(he/him)
Hi all,
We brought it the issue to the attention of our awesome webmaster/site host.
Hopefully it will be resolved sooner than later! It is 2020 after all. . . ugh
Best,
Matt Mickletz
MusemPests Working Group Co-Chair
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manrique
Sent:
Thank you for sharing Michael! Very cool to be able to highlight your work in
IPM during a time without visitors.
Matt Mickletz
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Millican, Michael
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 10:42 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [PestList] IPM
Hi Madeline,
We have never applied cryotreatment at Winterthur, however having another tool
to your IPM arsenal is not a bad thing IMHO.
I’m very curious to hear from others who might have used this treatment. I
would have a lot of questions for the contractor if they approached me haha! A
Thank you Pat! Great information to be found in these Webinars.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager, Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
winterthur.org
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Linda,
If you really want to see something that doesn’t look like it belongs on earth,
Google a mole cricket. I found one on the basement level of my museum once. :)
Best,
Matt
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artsroundhill
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 5:01 PM
To:
I’ll second springtails.
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager, Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
winterthur.org
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Angelica Isa-Adaniya
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020
Hi all,
At home we’ve seen “more” cockroaches than we typically do. We live essentially
in the woods, so seeing one every so often wasn’t a surprise. My wife hasn’t
been a fan of seeing them, again, more often than usually. I told her I bet it
was due to the weather pattern and they were
Hi Adie
Thanks so much for posting this! I wish I was able to attend. I’ll post a link
on the MuseumPests’ Facebook page to the website when the time comes.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Thank you Adrian! I’ll have a listen and pass it on via Facebook.
Best,
Matt
From: 'Adrian Doyle' via Museumpests
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 9:06 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [pestlist] IPM podcast C word
Dear all
this is the latest C work which this episode is about IPM which is
Yeah thanks for sharing, Joel! Time to add apiology to your list of skills? ;)
Matt Mickletz
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Breitung, Eric
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:49 PM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [External] - [pestlist] Natural Honey Bee Hive Split
Oh.
Thank you for posting this Mike! A worthy pitch! We are all in this. I hope to
take a look at what we have, though I know for the most part I would have to
run it by others first.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct
Hi Tamar,
So there is a good chance they aren’t feeding directly on the feathers and
skin. They are more likely feeding on the molds and fungi that has grown on the
surfaces of them due to the humid environment. That’s not to say they aren’t
limited to mold and fungi as a food source however.
Hi,
Rachael and I had some correspondence with its creator not long ago. It’s a
father daughter team who really enjoy learning about insects, enjoying
cockroaches the most of any and creating the website around them. So it’s very
much a hobby-driven page as Michael pointed out, hence its
Thanks for the holiday cheer! ☺
Best,
Matt Mickletz
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Adam Osgood
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 3:25 PM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [pestlist] RE: Happy Holidays!
Thanks so much Antonia for your holiday
Hi Kate,
Yep, booklice (psocids) For more info:
https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/book-lice.pdf
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
Just a house centipede. A predator, but not of people ☺ Anything in large
numbers dying within a space whether in a trap or not can provide food for
other pests, especially dermestids.
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct
Agree as well, Anthrenus verbasci, a varied carpet beetle. Zooming in you can
see towards its rear remnants of bristles that come to a point, or cross
together. Odd beetles have a bit more of a uniform bristle around the perimeter
of the body along with a telltale “mustache” or push broom at
Hi Claire,
They certainly looks like Black Carpet Beetles to me! All dead?
Best,
Matt Mickletz
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Bennett, Claire
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 3:51:28 PM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [pestlist] ID help
IPM humor is priceless. I think they make a larger trap for when they try to
infest your house, eat all your stored food products and campout in your living
room in the same exoskeleton for days on end. But then I have yet to have one
in my house to that age.
Laughs are important and I needed
Hi!
A bit tough to tell the size and details of the insect from the image, however
I’m leaning towards neither. Instead it looks a “click beetle”.
Best,
Matt
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Rewolinski, Dawn
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 11:15 AM
Looks like a black carpet beetle larva to me.
Matt
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Sharon Penton
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:56 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: [pestlist] Some ID help please
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I haven't seen this
Hi all,
I’ll echo Pat’s statement as a definite thought in the Working Group. Something
I may setup for the New Year is to at least glean images from the PestList and
put them in albums on our MuseumPests Facebook page. I’ll admit I need to pay
even better attention to the list as I’d also
Hello,
I’m not sure all I can contribute other than similar questions and suggestions
to Gretchen and Eric and echo them.
- Getting a new seal to the freezer might not be too costly. And if it
isn’t open closed often, as I’m assuming most likely not for a full Cycle in
the freezer,
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