<div dir="ltr">Hello nhcoll-l listserve,<div><br></div><div>I have a quick question for other vertebrate collections about a specific group of insects and their potential effects on a collection.</div><div><br></div><div>I found a live member of the Large Rove Beetle ( <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Subfamily Staphylininae, </font></span><a href="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=" target="_blank" style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">http://bugguide.net/node/view/<wbr>31277</a>) 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. </div><div><br></div><div>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? </div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>A big thank you in advance for any advice and help.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Beth Wommack</div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Elizabeth Wommack, PhD<br>Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates<br>University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates<div>Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center<div>University of Wyoming, Laramie<br>Laramie, WY 82071<br><a href="mailto:ewommack@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">ewommack@</a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__uwyo.edu&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=JnaumqzAKoYbX_L-Ta7d6Y-x3Yd0595-3H8LF4SS-VI&s=cHGXh3GOpe-2vedy4J7nJOB453HbiFfnbF-ExnpmkMw&e=" target="_blank">uwyo.edu</a></div></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.uwymv.org&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=JnaumqzAKoYbX_L-Ta7d6Y-x3Yd0595-3H8LF4SS-VI&s=dNvbUXJiH2ydIcpvXDiyiwK-8mIxymxXKWRAi1QYsh4&e=" target="_blank">www.uwymv.org</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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