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Gibbium aequinoctiale ? - Gibbium aequinoctiale
Copyright © 2014 Kenneth D. Frank

Gibbium aequinoctiale ? - Gibbium aequinoctiale
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 23, 2014
Photographed climbing up wall inside a house in Philadelphia. Looks like
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Contributed by Kenneth D. Frank on 23 June, 2014 - 10:58am
Last updated 23 June, 2014 - 2:11pm

that's HIM!
wow! i think that's him er, her! what do you know about them, ken?

thanks!
… hylapicturata, 3 July, 2014 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Gibbium aequinoctiale
Evans (Arthur V. Evans [2014] Beetles of Eastern North America [Princeton University Press], 560 pages) provides a clear illustration and description: "Larva develops in woolens and dried animal products. Adults found in homes, hotels warehouses. Adults and larvae eat cereals, stored grains, stale bread, dry pet food, and many other stored food products. Widely distributed Mediterranean species found on all continents except Antarctica."
… Kenneth D. Frank, 5 July, 2014 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

lovely shot
Moved from Beetles.
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