A silverfish nymph would make some sense. It was in a trap placed near a window that probably needs to be better resealed. I thought silverfish at first, but the translucent body fooled me into thinking it was a dried book louse.
Thank you, Stephan and Christian, for your insights! 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 Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 10:46 AM <cdres...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Alan, > looks like a nymph of Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, (grey silverfish) to me. > > What is the surrounding of the finding? Temperature of the room, relative > humdity of the room, stored material? > > I look forward to your answer. > > Best, > Christian > > Christian Dressen > > Dipl.-Restaurator (FH) > > > > Museum Angewandte Kunst > > Schaumainkai 17 > > 60594 Frankfurt am Main > > > > T +49 69 212 36027 > > F +49 69 212 30703 > > > > christian.dres...@stadt-frankfurt.de > > www.museumangewandtekunst.de > > > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 24. November 2021 um 17:01 Uhr > *Von:* "Stephan Biebl" <i...@holzwurmfluesterer.de> > *An:* "Alan P Van Dyke" <apvand...@utexas.edu> > *Cc:* "pestlist@googlegroups.com" <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Betreff:* Re: [PestList] Book louse? > Hi Alan, > > Looks like a young Silverfish (juvenile stage) to me. > > Stephan Biebl > Ingenieurbüro für Holzschutz > 83671 Benediktbeuern > Germany > www.holzwurmfluesterer.de > > > Am 24.11.2021 um 16:55 schrieb Alan P Van Dyke <apvand...@utexas.edu>: > > > > Hello everyone, > > Attached is a photo of a critter I found in a trap this morning, though > obviously it's been in the trap for a bit. It looks like a book louse > maybe, but different than the ones I usually find, plus it's about 2 mm > long instead of 1 mm. For now I'm marking it down as a psocid, but does > anyone have any further insights as to what this may be? > > Thanks, > > 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> > > > -- > 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/CAHhLO3b1YG03r65hJaxRjTLm-omsNTktiuXgH5P_-ccOj79Wcw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3b1YG03r65hJaxRjTLm-omsNTktiuXgH5P_-ccOj79Wcw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > <Psocid24Nov21.jpg> > > > -- > 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/F5693E23-9BE2-483A-A258-9D3EE0204BE8%40holzwurmfluesterer.de > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/F5693E23-9BE2-483A-A258-9D3EE0204BE8%40holzwurmfluesterer.de?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/CAHhLO3bon8BepK18p6khYFHG3cwjuad3Go2REccBZrXed%2Bxehw%40mail.gmail.com.
