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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Dermestes » subgenus Dermestes (Dermestes subgenus Dermestes) » Larder Beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
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Black & Brown Beetle - Dermestes lardarius
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Black & Brown Beetle - Dermestes lardarius
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 23, 2006
Size: 10 mm
Found this beetle on the carpet in a bedroom closet about 11:00 PM. Three times it flew a short distance while I was photographing it. Mostly it just crawled. Can anyone ID?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 24 July, 2006 - 8:57am
Last updated 24 June, 2016 - 10:52am

Larder Beetle
Dermestes lardarius
A common household pest.
… Jacob, 24 July, 2006 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks to both you and Adalbert for the ID! I've moved the images tot he species page.
… Mardon Erbland, 24 July, 2006 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Larder Beetle
Check here.
… Adalbert Goertz, 24 July, 2006 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

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