<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7683">Hi Aren,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7682"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7680">I recently had these invaders show up in my colony. I have been working on sorting them out and reestablishing a ham beetle free colony for starters. If that doesn't work we will (unfortunately) have to start from scratch. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7757"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7714">Depending on how large your colony is, they may coexist with little harm to the dermestids, but they do feed on dermestid larva and are much more resilient than dermestids with longer life cycles and the fact that they can over-winter. Our colony is on the smaller side, so I decided to give sorting a try before killing them all and starting from scratch. It stinks, but it happens!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7818"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7839">Hope this helps a bit. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7840"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7841">Elisa Dahlberg</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7842">Wildlife Repository Specialist</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7843">USFWS<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7679"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7678"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7635" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7634"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7633"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7676"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7677" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Aren Gunderson <amgunderson@alaska.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 27, 2017 5:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Nhcoll-l] beetle colony invader<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7632"><br><div id="yiv4423794833"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7631">Hi All,<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7675">Our dermestid beetle colony has been invaded by the red-legged ham beetle, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Necrobia-5Frufipes&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=kBnbVAiIBvnm37vX57cDemsRZWRts-Qk4W2FalzXAWk&s=96xz_mW-gBvwLEmRKbKL2GUzT9qBmDqxnINLetD9Vmg&e=">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrobia_rufipes</a>. Does anyone have any experience with these guys commingling with their dermestids? Will they kill the dermestids or are they feeding on the skeletons?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7862">Thanks,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7630">Aren<br clear="all"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7639"><br></div>-- <br><div class="yiv4423794833gmail_signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7629"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7628">Aren Gunderson<br>Mammals Collection Manager<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7863"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.uaf.edu_museum&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=kBnbVAiIBvnm37vX57cDemsRZWRts-Qk4W2FalzXAWk&s=C1GFc5WGHUwTjv5n70Z8zNUN0pa2ShvAG2ITVTDsC9s&e=" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7867">University of Alaska Museum of the North</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7864">907 Yukon Drive</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509205664764_7865">Fairbanks, AK 99775<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:amgunderson@alaska.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:amgunderson@alaska.edu">amgunderson@alaska.edu</a><br>907-474-6947<br><span> </span></div></div></div>
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