Re: [pestlist] Scarites in a museum

2018-08-10 Thread Michael Rebman
Greetings, If one or more of the eggs had fallen off the trap, what are the chances that they would develop and grow? Thank you, Michael R . On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Derek Sikes wrote: > Insects often lay eggs if they are about to die - as a last ditch effort > to propagate. I suspect

Re: [pestlist] Scarites in a museum

2018-08-09 Thread Derek Sikes
Insects often lay eggs if they are about to die - as a last ditch effort to propagate. I suspect getting trapped caused the beetle to lay. -Derek On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 8:45 PM, mprebm wrote: > Greetings, > > It has been an odd month for pests. For the first time ever, I found a > sun spider i

[pestlist] Scarites in a museum

2018-08-09 Thread mprebm
Greetings, It has been an odd month for pests. For the first time ever, I found a sun spider in a trap. One trap had a Scarites beetle, what appeared to be a big-headed ground beetle based on the shape of the mandibles and the very skinny waist, and the trap was full of eggs from the edge to