It kind of looks like a baby cockroach to me, but 2mm sounds too small for
that. I bet someone else will know better!
Genevieve
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Genevieve E. Tocci (she, her, hers)
Senior Curatorial Technician
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave., Cambrid
Hi Marna,
That looks like a moth to me, though too dark to be a webbing clothes moth?
There are many well versed moth identifiers on the list who I am sure will
chime in.
Best,
Genevieve
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Genevieve E. Tocci (she, her, hers)
Senior Curatorial Tec
Hi Marna,
I think the tiny insects are springtails.
https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Springtail.pdf
I often find them to be a little gray-blue in color.
Genevieve
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Genevieve E. Tocci (she, her, hers)
Senior Curatorial Technicia
Hi Alan,
My first thought it that it looks a bit like the Museum Beetle (Anthrenus
museorum)
https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/museum-beetle-fact-sheet.pdf
Let’s see if anyone else has some ideas for you too! When varied carpet beetles
get their hairs knocked off I have a much
I didn’t see any of the 3 enlarged segments on the end of the antennae, which
to me makes it look more like a cigarette beetle.
When I think I have cigarette or drugstore beetles I usually use one of these
comparison pages to help figure it out for sure.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban
I agree on the mite! It looks a bit like an Orbatid mite but might be too big!
They are small.
The larvae is a similar shape to a black carpet beetle but hopefully someone
can tell you more specifically. The beetle is similar to a varied carpet beetle
but also like the furniture carpet beetle.
Hello Joanna,
Others might have an idea, but the photos are a bit hard to make out.
Can you give us a size as to how big this pest is?
Do you have a hand lens/loupe you can hold up to your phone lens then take a
photo? It can really help.
Best,
Genevieve
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Dear Loes,
Like Heather, we check monthly. In theory the seasons should not have too much
of an effect inside, except maybe the type of invaders you get. However
depending on the vulnerability of the collections and the climate of the space,
missing key indicators for 3 months while they munch
I agree with Dan (and everyone else).
Rooms don’t need identical trap amounts to show activity. Some of it depends on
room size and accessibility. Placing traps as Dan suggested will give you a
good idea of movement and risk. I sometimes put traps by the bottoms of
herbarium cabinets that are e
Hi Chris,
The moth in number 4 looks a lot like a clothes moth to me… I can’t be 100%
sure, but it looks like a webbing clothes moth.
https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Webbing-Clothes-Moth-10-21-19.pdf
https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Casemaking-Clothes-Moth.pd
Hello Elle,
The first one might be an Odd Beetle larva, but it is hard to tell at that
resolution. Can you take a photo with a hand lens?
Second one looks like a Pillbug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae)
Third one looks like Firebrats to me.
Good luck and others will probably hav
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