Hi Jill, This looks like a larder beetle<https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Larder-Beetle.pdf> to me. They are dermestids and tend to feed on hides, furs, and other animal-based proteinaceous materials.
Best, Morgan Morgan Nau Associate Conservator Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University E: m...@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:m...@fas.harvard.edu> She/Her/Hers From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of jillbaron151 Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 4:07 PM To: MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Help IDing a Beetle Hi All, I am looking for assistance in identifying this beetle that I found inside a large display case with wood goose decoys. Thanks, Jill Baron Conservator -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/0ca57ab1-1ff6-482c-a7c1-14ffa50de955n%40googlegroups.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_0ca57ab1-2D1ff6-2D482c-2Da7c1-2D14ffa50de955n-2540googlegroups.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=TKzYynLWjfDXdyUlSViSUhFSydMbimkySY92DNqSigE&m=wOrCqv0aWSGqa9or1HAl2-mozNTfW9G_ROc61upORzOS3U0hOq8a-NdBpzQ0JRVv&s=Fc9ASWw5Al7Xza-DxT0JrSB20VZ_qECE38YYXzPEBr4&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/BL0PR07MB52355D099BF78DB595D7F06597F92%40BL0PR07MB5235.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
