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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Hi Kitty, Our Collections Manager who is an Entomologist has identified it as: a lathridiid or mould beetle. Although it's not a pest as such, it is an indicator of high humidity. These beetles feed on mould spores. It seems to fit with your identification from Emma Bowron. Many Thanks Rachel Heminway-Hurst Museum Support Officer (Collections) (01892) 554171 Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Mount Pleasant Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1JN From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ross, Kitty Sent: 07 April 2011 14:18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHCG-LIST] FW: Pest Identification This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Kitty Ross Curator of Leeds History/Social History Leeds Museums and Galleries c/o Abbey House Museum Abbey Walk Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3EH tel. 0113 2305492 http://secretlivesofobjects.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Bowron, Emma Sent: 06 April 2011 13:45 To: Ross, Kitty Subject: RE: Pest Identification Hi Kitty - I asked Ben to have a look at insect and it is a fungus beetle - so they will be eating something. Below is the information from our pest identification sheets: Not a major pest, but an indicator. The adults and larvae both feed on mould and mildew, so a significant number implies both damp conditions and fungal infection of either the building or the objects. If found consistently on objects such as paper or textiles, then the material is probably in the early stages of being damaged by fungal growth, even if mould is not easily visible. Hope this helps. Regards - Emma Emma Bowron ACR Conservator Leeds Museum Discovery Centre Tel: 0113 2141552/48 ________________________________ From: Ross, Kitty Sent: 05 April 2011 12:04 To: Bowron, Emma Subject: FW: Pest Identification Can you help with this query? Kitty Ross Curator of Leeds History/Social History Leeds Museums and Galleries c/o Abbey House Museum Abbey Walk Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3EH tel. 0113 2305492 http://secretlivesofobjects.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Hudson Sent: 05 April 2011 11:56 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHCG-LIST] Pest Identification Dear all, I was hoping that someone on the list may be able to help us with a pest identification. During our insect monitoring checks we keep getting these small bronze coloured beetles, they are generally small (about 2mm length) and do not appear to be causing any damage. It is a mystery as they are in a number of our stores in different areas of the Museum site and appear on a regular basis. Any help would be greatly appreciated to solve this beastly mystery! Thanks Becky Rebecca Hudson Collections Assistant National Coal Mining Museum for England Caphouse Colliery New Road Overton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 4RH Tel: 01924 848806 Fax: 01924 840694 Web: www.ncm.org.uk<blocked::http://www.ncm.org.uk/> Current Exhibition [cid:image001.jpg@01CBF53E.2896A590] The Drift: words and images from the Yorkshire coalfield by Ian Beesley (photographer) and Ian McMillan (poet) 7 February 2011 to 8 May 2011 'This e-mail and attachments are intended for the named addressee only and are confidential. 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