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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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Black & Brown Beetle - Dermestes lardarius Black & Brown Beetle - Dermestes lardarius
Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 24 July, 2006 - 8:57am
Last updated 24 July, 2006 - 12:26pm

Larder Beetle
Dermestes lardarius
A common household pest.
… Jacob Hartman, 24 July, 2006 - 9:21am

 
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

Larder Beetle
Check here.
… Adalbert Goertz, 24 July, 2006 - 9:15am

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