The Dirty Dozen of Museum Pests
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The Dirty Dozen of Museum Pests
The Dirty Dozen 1. 2. Webbing Clothes Moth of Museum Pests Case-making Clothes Moth 3. Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Tinea pellionella Tineola bisselliella Brown head capsule with no case around body Brown or Black head Photo Charles Baker Three segmented club Enlarged tuft of hairs Photo Insects Limited Photo Insects Limited Larvae carry a cocoon like case with them Elongated scales of varied colors Tuft of reddish orange hair Uniform 10K gold/buff color 4. 5. Black Carpet Beetle Hide Beetle & Larder Beetle 6. Dermestes maculatus & Dermestes lardarius Attagenus spp. Warehouse / Cabinet Beetle Trogoderma spp. Distinctive Brown Band with Black Spots Long body with tuft of hairs Mottled color pattern with no scales. Spear shaped antenna club Small points at end of larvae and adult Range of black to brown colored body Curved points at end of larvae Four pairs of tufts of hairs and a short tail. Photo: Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology Photo: Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology Photo Dr. Michael Rust 8. 7. Silverfish and Firebrats Cigarette & Drugstore Beetles Lasioderma serricorne Stegobium paniceum Lepisma saccharina Long antennae SawSawtoothed antennae Psocoptera Constriction at thorax Photo Dr. Michael Rust Less than 1/8 inch in length Photo Copyright CSL Silvery (Silverfish) Powderpost Beetle Psocids or Booklouse three tail filaments Last three segments of antennae elongated Deep pitted lines on wings 10. 9. & Thermobia domestica 11. or mottled in color (Firebrat) 12. Cockroaches Blattella germanica Anobium punctatum – Wood Boring Pest House Mouse Mus musculus Periplaneta americana Small ridge on thorax Light shading on shield Two black bars on shield Tail as long or longer than body Large ears 1/2 inch in length 1.5 inches in length This Publication Printed courtesy of Insects Limited, Inc. 16950 Westfield Park Road Westfield, IN 46074 (317) 896-9300 (800) 992-1991 www.insectslimited.com Dark brown to grey body color, light grey underneath