[Nhcoll-l] Question about Large Rove Beetles and vertebrate collections

[Anderson, Gretchen]

Hi Elizabeth,

We generally consider these incidental or occasional visitors.  Once they die they are an excellent food source for dermestids and other museum pest species, so I suggest that you try to figure out how they getting in and block the entrance if possible. Otherwise, remove them as best as possible when you find them.

Gretchen Anderson

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On Sep 12, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu<mailto:dyanega at ucr.edu>> wrote:

On 9/12/16 10:00 AM, Elizabeth Wommack wrote:
Hello nhcoll-l listserve,

I have a quick question for other vertebrate collections about a specific group of insects and their potential effects on a collection.

I found a live member of the Large Rove Beetle ( Subfamily Staphylininae, https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bugguide.net_node_view_31277&d=CwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=E4KgblvGWHcFu4CE2BMDijX2ZwnjtwV50YGgW41z-yM&s=H1nIFqSPICNFgXaDmD2gXwKLHi8ftb_pwgyH5b6RG7g&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bugguide.net_node_view_31277&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=JnaumqzAKoYbX_L-Ta7d6Y-x3Yd0595-3H8LF4SS-VI&s=o9zgY5svhr2zlfjdm2pWfebwyowN2b25mUMXqNTw1H0&e=>) wandering across the floor of our prep lab. Scott Schell and Alexandre Latchininsky at Univ. of WY were kind enough to ID the insect for me, and it looks like they mostly feed on live prey.

Does anyone have any experience with these insects in their collections? And if you have found them in your collections, did they cause any damage that you could find? Did you have to do any specific types of pest control?
Since it was found in our lab which is near our dry collections I want to make sure. Our dermestid colony is in another building, so I'm not particularly worried about them.

Staphylinines generally are predatory, and most commonly encountered feeding on fly maggots or other larvae associated with dead or decaying things. They are also prone to being attracted by bright lights at night, and easily get indoors that way. I wouldn't worry.

Peace,

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