Re: [pestlist] Pest id

2008-09-02 Thread bugman22
They are mites, perhaps coming from a rodent bait. -Original Message- From: Betsy Bruemmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 6:36 pm Subject: [pestlist] Pest id Dear list- Can anyone help me identify this bug from a sticky trap? I don’t recognize

RE: [pestlist] Pest id

2008-09-02 Thread Tony Irwin
That should be o-r-ibatid mites! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Irwin Sent: 03 September 2008 00:13 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pest id Hi Betsy These are oibatid mites. If they were in Brtiain, I'

RE: [pestlist] Pest id

2008-09-02 Thread Dawn Roberts
How many legs? It is difficult to see on your photo. Ticks would have eight legs. Dawn Roberts Collections Manager Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Collections Facility and Office: 4001 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613 Nature Museum: 2430 North Cannon Driv

RE: [pestlist] Pest id

2008-09-02 Thread Tony Irwin
Hi Betsy These are oibatid mites. If they were in Brtiain, I'd guess they were Phauloppia lucorum, but I'm not sure what species you breed over in Washington. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England. Tel:+44 1603

[pestlist] Pest id

2008-09-02 Thread Betsy Bruemmer
Dear list- Can anyone help me identify this bug from a sticky trap? I don't recognize it as one of the usual suspects - book lice are my main catch. It is tiny and looks like dust to the naked eye but under a microscope it looks somewhat like a tick. It measures .485 mm or about one sixty-fourth o