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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Anobiidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Gibbium » Smooth spider beetle (Gibbium aequinoctiale)
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Biting Bug - Gibbium aequinoctiale
Copyright © 2007 unsane

Biting Bug - Gibbium aequinoctiale
New York City, New York, USA
September 27, 2007
Size: 2mm
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Contributed by unsane on 29 September, 2007 - 12:59pm
Last updated 1 November, 2007 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 November, 2007 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

yes, spider beetle
because of the narrow "collar", yours is the Gibbium.
… Boris Büche, 1 October, 2007 - 4:21am login or register to post comments

Looks right.
Spider Beetle looks right, I found it in the bedroom though, and I've been getting bit at night. I was worried it was bedbugs, but this doesn't look like one.
… unsane, 29 September, 2007 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Looks a bit like a spider beetle
Looks a bit like a spider beetle. I can't be sure.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/55819/bgpage

http://bugguide.net/node/view/88740/bgpage

The lighter color in your images makes me think, if it is a spider beetle, probably the Mezium.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 September, 2007 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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