Pest control | Insects .
. Several species of insects present a threat to museum objects on display if prevention and treatment measures are not taken. It is helpful to look at the various insect species to better understand the threat that they may pose.

Name
Latin name
Common furniture beetle [wwodworm] Anobium punctatum
Furniture carpet beetle Anthrenus flavipes
Guernsey carpet beetle Anthrenus sarnicus
Varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Two-spot carpet beetle [fur beetle] Anthrenus pellio
Brown carpet beetle Anthrenus smirnovi
Black carpet beetle Anthrenus unicolour [megatoma]
Hide beetle Dermestes maculatus
Peruvian hide beetle Dermestes peruvianus
Bamboo borer Dinoderus sp.
Wood boring weevil Euophryum confine
House longhorn beetle Hylotrupes bajulus
Cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne
Powder post beetle Lyctus brunneus
Wharf borer Nacerdes melanura
Golden spider beetle Niptus holodeucus
Australian spider beetle Ptinus tectus
White-marked spider beetle Ptinus fur
Bark beetle Scolytus sp.
Biscuit beetle of drug store beetle Stegobium panicium
Mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor
Death watch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum
White-shouldered house moth Endrosis sarcitrella
Brown house moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Case-bearing clothes moth Tinea pellionella
Webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella
Tapestry moth Trichophaga tapetzella
Oriental coackroach Blatta orientalis
German coackroach Blattella germanica
American coackroach Periplaneta americana
Booklouse or psocid Liposcelis bostrychophila
Silverfish or fishmoth Lapisma saccharina
Firebrat Thermobia domestica
Black garden ant Lasius niger
Pharaoh’s ant Monomoriumm pharaonis
Hercules carpenter ant Camponotus herculeanus
Subterranean termite Reticulotermes sp.
Subterranean termite Macrotermes sp.
Drywood termite Cryptotermes sp.
Drywood termite Kalotermes sp.
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Pest control | Insects .