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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/12/16 10:00 AM, Elizabeth Wommack
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<div dir="ltr">Hello nhcoll-l listserve,
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<div>I have a quick question for other vertebrate collections
about a specific group of insects and their potential effects
on a collection.</div>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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<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>
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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.<br>
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Peace,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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