Hi Yoshiko The first photo shows a moth pupa, which has presumably just wriggled free from a caterpillar's skin. The pupa has no ability to move any distance by itself, so there should be a caterpillar skin close by. Otherwise, the pupa must have been placed on the trap. The other creatures in the photo are a woodlouse, *Armadillidium *species (foreground) and a cockroach (left-hand side). The other photo shows a flesh-fly *Sarcophaga *(subgenus *Heteronychia*, probably) female which has responded to being trapped by laying live maggots, which surround her abdomen. Species of *Sarcophaga *are well-known for retaining their eggs until they hatch, so that their maggots have a good start in life (but not for these ones, sadly). An interesting, and unusual catch! Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 at 16:54, Y. Kondo <yoshiko.kondo.conservat...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello all > > I've found these in the traps and I was wondering what they are. > I would appreciate if you can help me to understand. > > Thanks > from Firenze, Italy > Yoshiko > > -- > 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/CADCubsDyiYMeBx1fKKsCO_ys-4wCC%3DXfXBAtB5-3Y6Zo-kFcNw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CADCubsDyiYMeBx1fKKsCO_ys-4wCC%3DXfXBAtB5-3Y6Zo-kFcNw%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/CAFWqZKNhQ-%2BETQWheUMKiszLxGKXREUvmhVM76-L6bxNbyQn-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
