3.1 and 3.2 look like "Drain Flies". If so, they are often found around floor drains, sinks, janitors closets/restrooms. My understanding is they are not a serious threat to materials museum collections.
-Todd On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 4:52 PM Angelica Isa-Adaniya <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologise that the photos are in disorder. I mistakenly assumed Gmail > would order them automatically. The numbers are correct, though. > I also forgot to mention #5. It's just a baby something, but I'm unsure > what? > > Thank you again! > Angelica > > On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 16:44, Angelica Isa-Adaniya <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear everyone, >> >> I wanted to update you all on the "biscuit beetle" situation I had a few >> months ago where we flipped thinking they were squeezing themselves out of >> a freezer, etc. I hope you recall. I promised to update, so here it is! As >> Tony was very kind to point out, the beetles (eventually identified as >> *Tricorynus >> h.*) were in fact infesting two objects in the room and flying towards >> the moisture in the freezer seals as well as squeezing themselves *into* the >> freezer, which is why I found them inside the freezer but outside the bags. >> After a thorough inspection, they were found inside cardboard boxes which >> held very large vegetable fibre baskets that used to belong to mummy >> bundles. These have been vacuumed and vacuum-sealed since. The problem has >> since disappeared. Rarely any beetles are found these days. >> >> For those of you who are not familiar with *Tricorynus*, it is also >> called Mexican book beetle, and according to the very limited literature I >> have found on them, they will eat both wood and vegetable fibres (including >> dried seeds, fruits, etc.) as well as book covers (i.e. cardboard type >> material). They look very much like biscuit beetles on first inspection, so >> if you ever find them associated with books and wood, which would be >> strange, this might be a good ID. Please be advised that even the ones >> which were found sprinkled *inside* the freezer (at -30°C) woke up and >> started moving after a few minutes of being removed to room temperature. >> I'm sure they die if left long enough, but they seem pretty hardy, so if >> you ever have *Tricorynus* issues, keep things in the freezer for a very >> long time, just in case. We do 3 weeks to be safe. >> >> Thank you all for all your help and ideas on this issue! >> >> ------ >> I also have 5 IDs that I would really appreciate some help with. I'm >> always unsure about making IDs because I'm in such a different climate from >> the literature. Any insights will be greatly appreciated. >> >> 1. These weird insects with cricket-like legs have been showing up. Not >> sure what they are? Crickets, I guess. Hopefully not a threat! >> 2. Golden spider beetles? Unsure because we've never trapped these before. >> 3. I call it "cherub" moth for now because it looks like a tiny moth head >> with wings. I'm hoping it's not a threat. >> 4. Very large black beetles that I hope just wander in and have nothing >> to do with anything. Curiously, one of them had these weird pods wrapped >> around their legs and it would be great if anyone had any idea what these >> are? (4.3) >> >> Thank you and all the best from Peru! >> >> Angelica >> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjVt-5QEyZWUugSFng6g27sypTJh%2ByP%3DouZat4EexsMVuA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjVt-5QEyZWUugSFng6g27sypTJh%2ByP%3DouZat4EexsMVuA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BjUK7wLZjSwavWuzV-A4KUR5jvWawTbgjqYS5hQ2TShew%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
