Hi Riza, I believe those look similar to the beetles I had IDed a few weeks ago, they are Cryptophagidae (fungus beetle) and are incidental visitors. May also be indicators of damp conditions.
But I am sure someone with more expertise will weigh in! Best, Stacey On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:47 PM riza.brown94 <riza.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently taken over IPM in my museum and started monitoring blunder > traps within the last four months. We did not have any IPM coordinator or > policy before me, so I am starting from scratch and very new to this. I was > wondering if any of you might have some insight into identification for > these teeny tiny beetle-like insects that keep popping up in my blunder > traps? They are often spotted with what I believe to be cellar spiders > (also pictured). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! They are > pictured here with a two inch ruler for scale. > > Thanks, > Riza > -- > *Riza Brown | Collections Manager* > New Britain Industrial Museum > 59 W Main St., New Britain, CT 06051 > *Preserving New Britain’s Proud History of Innovation | *nbindustrial.org > cell. 860-798-8321 | email. riza.brow...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/3b8d8b28-6d9c-4e54-be87-451fed33ec17o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/3b8d8b28-6d9c-4e54-be87-451fed33ec17o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAM61UwgLCtQK5Re%2BMmGHSg7S4WQsVGVrAP7rqe6LafKTz0NjYA%40mail.gmail.com.
