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suspect powder post beetle? - Ptilinus - female
Copyright © 2006 liz murphy

suspect powder post beetle? - Ptilinus - Female

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 16, 2006
Size: 4mm
insects found active on living room floor. We suspect powder post beetle coming from logs stored beside fire place
Contributed by liz murphy on 16 March, 2006 - 1:06pm
Last updated 7 February, 2013 - 11:38am

Comments

Moved
Moved from Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 9 May, 2008 - 5:41am

This is:
a female of Ptilinus sp. (Anobiidae).

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 17 January, 2007 - 7:43am

Anobiidae.
Probably one of the "deathwatch" beetles in the family Anobiidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 March, 2006 - 2:41pm

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