[Nhcoll-l] Pest identification

[Sarah K. Huber]

I was hoping someone would say snail or slug. That was my first thought given the trails, and the fact that the damages is contained to one small room (but then I thought if it was a slug I would have found it by now).

Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D. (she/her)
Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection
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From: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 2:36 PM
To: Sarah K. Huber <skhuber at vims.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: RE: Pest identification


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My first thought was also silverfish, however I recall an article discussing slug damage on paper where the examples looked similar. I found it as open access in the back issues of the Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation:
vol40_doc3.pdf (cac-accr.ca)<https://www.cac-accr.ca/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2018/12/vol40_doc3.pdf>

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From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah K. Huber
Sent: February 7, 2024 3:09 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest identification


Something is eating paper (with a preference for paper + glue) in one of our collection offices. I was thinking cockroach, but was confused by the shimmering trails. Traps haven't turned up anything yet. And so far the pest only eats paper in one office (hopefully contained there for now). Any ideas who the culprit is?

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