Richard - THIS is really super helpful information!!!! Thank you. Having someone knowledgeable guide us through the differentiating features of tiny insects - particularly the wings and antennae - will likely help scores of conservators like me, make better searching decisions.
Appreciate you! Dale Kronkright Head of Conservation Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Santa Fe, NM On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:48:00 PM UTC-6 Pollack, Richard J wrote: > Dale, > > Sure! Independently (and together), the features that would discriminate > thrips from springtails would include: > > - Body shape: Whereas some kinds of springtails to have a bulbous > posterior, their body profile is considerably different than that from a > thrips. There’s a much more distinct separation between head and thorax > and > thorax and abdomen here. > - Antennae: Note the fine / narrow antenna here, and compare to the > wider antennal segments of a springtail. > - Wings: Springtails go airborne (briefly) because of the release of > their ventral furcula (springlike lever), they never develop wings. The > imaged creatures have wings (but not all thrips are winged). > > There’s more, but that comes from more than a few decades of looking at > little beasties. > > Does this help? > > -Rich > > > > *Richard J. Pollack, PhD* > > *HARVARD UNIVERSITY* > Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) > Senior Environmental Public Health Officer > 46 Blackstone St. > Cambridge, MA 02139 > *Office*: 617-495-2995 <(617)%20495-2995> *Cell*: 617-447-0763 > <(617)%20447-0763> > *www.ehs.harvard.edu <http://www.ehs.harvard.edu>* > > richard...@harvard.edu > > > > linkedin.com/in/richard-pollack-6818997 > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-pollack-6818997> > > > > > > > > *From: *pest...@googlegroups.com <pest...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of > dkronkright <dkron...@okeeffemuseum.org> > > > *Date: *Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 4:34 PM > *To: *MuseumPests <pest...@googlegroups.com> > > *Subject: *[PestList] Re: Tiny Mystery Bug ID > > I would have begun searching under Springtails, given the size, coloration > and body forms. Those are also related to fungi in deteriorated plant > debris and not directly harmful to collections - although are usually > around in numbers great enough to sustain damaging carpet and furniture > beetle larvae. Richard- can you please describe what lead you to conclude > thrips rather than springtails? > > Thanks, > > Dale Kronkright > > Head of Conservation > > Georgia O'Keeffe Museum > > Santa Fe, NM > > On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-6 mc6780 wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I appreciate any help identifying the small bugs in the attached photos. > They are about the size of book lice / clover mites. > > > > Thanks, > > Margaret Canfield > > > > Conservation Technician > > Princeton University Library > > -- > > 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+u...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/52233880-52fa-4788-aed6-94ccb948c0b6n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_52233880-2D52fa-2D4788-2Daed6-2D94ccb948c0b6n-2540googlegroups.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=V7ouBa4WZ4bsH_DhnpOOKIxT4jHB31ZmpDAbBMyeSkHdAS1TB-hsK7Pg2cJGli1c&s=a_q4ajTfQfUWo-tNXss0wzEDx9Cfqt-EiBn5OKj8470&e=> > . > -- 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/93e81f44-77a9-471c-9235-5303d86c92c0n%40googlegroups.com.
