This post in in reply to the museum staff in Alaska who were looking for actual examples of powder post pests and other related anobids in a slide or kit form. Our state government has a great entomology department at North Carolina State University and the staff very helpful even when I ask dumb questions such as when an intern thought he'd had been bitten by a wevil and swore the resultant rash was making him ill. I actually got an answer to my question because I didn't know. And the answer was no "not possible",just so I do not keep you all guessing. From our Structural Pest division of the Dept. of Agriculture I learned about the following manual ; it"s pictorial plates show larvae stages to the adult pest ,excellent biological cross section diagrams and detailed information in such subheadings as : recognition similar groups damage biology habits control Pest specie are: Ants Bees,hornets & wasps Bloodfeeders Cockroaches Fabric and paper pests Flies Occaisonal Invaders Spiders Stored produce pests Termites Vertbrate pests Wood -attacking fungai Wood-infesting insects Pesticide Reference charts,glossary and index naturally It costs appx$75.00 U.S. ( including supplements) and is available from: National Pest Control Association 8100 Oak Street Dunloring Va 22027 U.S.A Phone # 703-573-8330 Fax 703-573-4116 So curl up by the fire and get aquainted! Regards Len Hambleton - Chief Conservator North Carolina Museum of History 5 East Edenton Street Raleigh NC. 27601-1011 [log in to unmask] 919-715-0200 x244 "Information in the spirit of sharing,catch the wave!" Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my agency