[Nhcoll-l] Question about Large Rove Beetles and vertebrate collections

[Elizabeth Wommack]

Hello nhcoll-l listserve,

I have a quick question for other vertebrate collections about a specific
group of insects and their potential effects on a collection.

I found a live member of the Large Rove Beetle ( Subfamily Staphylininae,
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bugguide.net_node_view_31277&d=CwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=JnaumqzAKoYbX_L-Ta7d6Y-x3Yd0595-3H8LF4SS-VI&s=o9zgY5svhr2zlfjdm2pWfebwyowN2b25mUMXqNTw1H0&e= ) 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.

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?
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.

A big thank you in advance for any advice and help.

Thank you,
Beth Wommack

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Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
University of Wyoming, Laramie
Laramie, WY 82071
ewommack@ <ewommack at berkeley.edu>uwyo.edu
www.uwymv.org
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