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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Death-watch Beetles (Anobiinae) » Anobiini » Anobium » Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum)
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Wood boring beetle - Anobium punctatum
Copyright © 2018 araignee

Wood boring beetle - Anobium punctatum
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
June 12, 2018
Size: ~4mm
Found ~10 in home over the past few weeks. Recently purchased a new oak bed frame made in Wisconsin, but not sure where the actual wood was from. Not sure if these are emerging from the new bed, which is in the same room I'm finding the beetles, or if they have been emerging in the home for a while before I lived there. Haven't been able to find any emergence holes yet to help pinpoint where they are coming from, unfortunately.

I'll add a few more pictures. I still have several specimens if there is some important characteristic I missed in the photos.

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Contributed by araignee on 13 June, 2018 - 12:53pm
Last updated 4 May, 2020 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Death-watch and Spider Beetles.
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Ptinidae
Maybe Xyletinini?
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