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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HI Aren,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have had this experience personally. Red-leggeds do kill/outcompete regular hide beetles. If the invasion is early and if possible – monitor the colony closely
and hand pick all individuals out – shouldn’t take long. The worst thing is these guys getting into your collection area. I am not sure how you treat your skeletons once coming out of the bugs – but if you do a classic water soak – these little guys seem
to survive and hide well in any possible air pocket. They love greasy specimens and can really be quite destructive to your specimens. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Do you know how they red-leggeds got into your colony? Mine got in because someone brought in a specimen straight from the field – from that point I required
carcasses to be frozen prior to entry. If you aren’t familiar – you should explore
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumpests.net_&d=DwMGaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=h7G7LzzFljP5scgksg72h074lIN19n-J044tGoaGNd8&s=wkK6Md8H0yLvbol5qFc-9nLH0BV3ooTP-Fv9_6O4JVg&e=">http://museumpests.net/</a>. It is a great resource and you can even join their listserv too (pestlist). There is a fact sheet for many museum pests, including red-leggeds:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumpests.net_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2015_05_Fact-2DSheet-2DRedlegged-2DHam-2DBeetle.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=h7G7LzzFljP5scgksg72h074lIN19n-J044tGoaGNd8&s=qpJUhByQQ7_PZA9F-2VlCjOTxF1DoZjXi4slcP-W-wk&e=">
http://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Fact-Sheet-Redlegged-Ham-Beetle.pdf</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If it’s too late, hand pick as many hide beetles out as possible and start a new colony. And yes, this is far easier than dealing with a mite problem…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Marcy Revelez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Collections Manager, CASPIR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CASPIR Intranet Site:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>sugal<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 27, 2017 11:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aren Gunderson <amgunderson@alaska.edu>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] beetle colony invader<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can only speak from personal experience. It was easy enough to pick healthy larvae and adults from an infested colony for re-homing in a new aquariurm. Far easier than dealing with a (tiny) mite infestation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From: Aren Gunderson <<a href="mailto:amgunderson@alaska.edu">amgunderson@alaska.edu</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: 10/27/17 7:43 PM (GMT-05:00)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our dermestid beetle colony has been invaded by the red-legged ham beetle, <a 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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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