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Beetle Pest - Anthrenus verbasci - Anthrenus verbasci
Copyright © 2007 Roger Rittmaster

Beetle Pest - Anthrenus verbasci - Anthrenus verbasci
my kitchen, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
March 17, 2007
Size: 2 - 3 mm
This tiny beetle invades our kitchen en masse each March, and promptly dies on our kitchen floor. Anyone know it's identity? Or it's ecology (beyond our kitchen)?
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 17 March, 2008 - 8:09pm
Last updated 19 March, 2008 - 11:25am

I doubt it invades.
I think you must have a population of them in the house, possibly infesting something in the kitchen. When the adults emerge, they no doubt fly to your windows, looking for a way out so they can visit flowers and drink some nectar. I bet it you look closely you would find them dead near the windows in other rooms.
… Jim McClarin, 21 March, 2008 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jim.
You are correct. We haven't yet found what in our kitchen is hosting their larva.
… Roger Rittmaster, 22 March, 2008 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

Carpet Beetle
Compare with this photo.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 17 March, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

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