Hello Volker, Apologies in the delay in response and thank you for your thoughts on my beetle. The other pest on the trap was indeed a silverfish.
All my best, Diana On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 12:21 PM Hingst, Volker <volker.hin...@lvr.de> wrote: > dear diana, > > > > from the poor pics it could also be *Stegobium paniceum ???* > > > > but personally I’m much more interested in the insect on pic 3377 at the > lower edge, which is truncated: > > this could possibly be a grey silverfish (*Ctenolepisma longicaudatum*) > > > > could you send an other pic please with more details… > > > > best regards > > > > V o l k e r H i n g s t > > > > > > > > > *Von:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> *Im Auftrag > von *Diana Welsh > *Gesendet:* Montag, 13. Februar 2023 18:21 > *An:* pestlist@googlegroups.com > *Betreff:* [PestList] Possible Cigar Beetles? > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Recently, I've been seeing tiny beetles in a couple of my traps which from > my searches I'm thinking might be cigar beetles. They measure about 1/16" > and are dark brown in color. Please see attached photographs (apologies for > the poor quality, I only had my cell phone). They only began appearing > after we brought in faux trees, wreaths, garland, etc. for the Christmas > holiday. These items are unfortunately stored in a not ideal storage space. > One trap was located under a wood table near an upholstered couch in the > room the Christmas tree was in. The other trap was located in the adjacent > room between a wood music cabinet (empty) and a leather trash bin > (historical object, no trash). Can someone please confirm if I indeed have > cigar beetles? > > > > If it makes a difference, we are a historic house located in central > Florida. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Diana Welsh > > Collections Manager > > El Retiro at Bok Tower Gardens > > -- > 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/CANJ1BvP%3DLmb-yTkyRPL3L5tMCbuTVMr50cB88F5aaXwDBQEwQg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CANJ1BvP%3DLmb-yTkyRPL3L5tMCbuTVMr50cB88F5aaXwDBQEwQg%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/6af82c6adf214bb788d65f23cad9af66%40lvr.de > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/6af82c6adf214bb788d65f23cad9af66%40lvr.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/CANJ1BvM43bupA28Z1ExtBFW%2BLZKT6HM%2B4NXHUb4sHnnbKKuirQ%40mail.gmail.com.
