[Nhcoll-l] Pest identification

[Thomas Pape]

Possibly silverfish of the genus Ctenolepisma. The large C. longicaudatum is an growing pest problem in northern Europe.
Slugs would leave traces of their mucus and most likely also their typical excrements.

/Thomas Pape
Natural History Museum of Denmark

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dee Stubbs-Lee
Sent: 7. februar 2024 20:36
To: Sarah K. Huber <skhuber at vims.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Pest identification

My first thought was also silverfish, however I recall an article discussing slug damage on paper where the examples looked similar. I found it as open access in the back issues of the Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation:
vol40_doc3.pdf (cac-accr.ca)<https://www.cac-accr.ca/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2018/12/vol40_doc3.pdf>

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From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah K. Huber
Sent: February 7, 2024 3:09 PM
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest identification


Something is eating paper (with a preference for paper + glue) in one of our collection offices. I was thinking cockroach, but was confused by the shimmering trails. Traps haven’t turned up anything yet. And so far the pest only eats paper in one office (hopefully contained there for now). Any ideas who the culprit is?

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