Interesting for all. We have not had that type of larger book louse before, so I'm still worried there is damp/mold somewhere. And for the mites, we did only find them on traps with a significant number of psocids, ~100-200 on the traps where we found the mites.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 2:56 PM Alan P Van Dyke <apvand...@utexas.edu> wrote: > We have those same mites in our traps. They seem to appear almont only in > traps with booklice. Since we have no plants in the collection storage > areas, I'm assuming they are some sort of predatory mite feeding on > booklouse nymphs, but that is just a working theory. > > Alan > > *Alan Van Dyke * > Senior Preservation Technician > Harry Ransom Center > The University of Texas at Austin > P.O. Drawer 7219 > Austin, Texas 78713-7219 > P: 512-232-4614 > www.hrc.utexas.edu > > <http://hrc.utexas.edu> > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 1:28 PM Tony Irwin <dr.tony.ir...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Christina >> The winged insects are booklice (Psocoptera) - most likely *Psyllipsocus >> ramburii*, which is known from domestic situations. >> The larva looks most like one of the Malachiidae beetle larvae. >> Sorry, I can't help much with the mites. >> Best wishes >> Tony >> >> Dr A.G.Irwin >> 47 The Avenues >> Norwich >> Norfolk NR2 3PH >> England >> >> mobile: +44(0)7880707834 >> phone: +44(0)1603 453524 >> >> >> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 at 17:39, Christina Bisulca <c.bisu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all - >>> We have a number of insects this month that I can't identify. All the >>> traps are from our basement storage areas, where we did have flooding a few >>> months ago. Since then we've also had a significant increase in psocidsl, >>> so I'm worried too if these are related to a damp/mold issue that has >>> persisted since the flood clean up. >>> >>> There is an unknown larvae, some what appear to be mites (?) that we >>> found on several traps, along with some winged insects that I can't ID. We >>> have a fancy new microscope so I also attached my favorite spider picture >>> from this month's IPM. >>> >>> Many, many thanks! >>> >>> Christina >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CALyMK0HRbKu23vrVBuJy0GNCWRxr0tpb-Me4DYqowasdS9HVJQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CALyMK0HRbKu23vrVBuJy0GNCWRxr0tpb-Me4DYqowasdS9HVJQ%40mail.gmail.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/CAFWqZKOZUMG_Wz2Gbqbf-AkcjQyuE0oJ1tx_ey1Tak5b%2BbUiOQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKOZUMG_Wz2Gbqbf-AkcjQyuE0oJ1tx_ey1Tak5b%2BbUiOQ%40mail.gmail.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/CAHhLO3ZkGmQrWQWDz%2BPhWDxE2piaOdp2n4RLZ%3D4WLPfq2W%3DWPQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3ZkGmQrWQWDz%2BPhWDxE2piaOdp2n4RLZ%3D4WLPfq2W%3DWPQ%40mail.gmail.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/CALyMK0ENDNtENiBdGeYAzL8e7E5g4w35N7EC9ugf-4Nx0cbmWw%40mail.gmail.com.
