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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-97-709223515 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Steve, This is the Larder Beetle, Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, probably the most common household pest of dried stored products, hides, fur, etc. Take a look at: http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th7o.htm http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/larder.htm http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/clinic/Bugofwk/970079/dermest.htm Etc. for further information. The can be somewhat of a problem/ nuisance, but usually don't build up to large numbers. Good luck! Chris On 14-Apr-07, at 5:56 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > Hi Chris or other coleopterophiles: > I found an 8 mm long beetle in our house a couple of days OK and > wonder if it is > a wood-borer. If so, it could have emerged some old logs we keep > in the house > for the wood stove. A couple of murky digital-zoom photos uploaded > to Flickr > just now, that might be good enough for a guess at the ID: > www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968 > Any idea what it is and what the larva it came from likes to eat, > as in logs, or > 2x4s (hopefully not)? > Steve > Halifax _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-97-709223515 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Steve,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">This is the Larder Beetle, <I>Dermestes = lardarius</I> Linnaeus, probably the most common household pest of dried = stored products, hides, fur, etc. Take a look at:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th7o.htm">http://www.the-piedpiper.= co.uk/th7o.htm</A></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/larder.ht= m">http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/larder.htm</A>= </DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/clinic/Bugofwk/970079/dermest.ht= m">http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/clinic/Bugofwk/970079/dermest.htm</A>= </DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Etc. for = further information. The can be somewhat of a problem/nuisance, but = usually don't build up to large numbers.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good luck!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 14-Apr-07, at 5:56 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Chris or other coleopterophiles:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I found an 8 mm long beetle in our house a couple of = days OK and wonder if it is</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">a = wood-borer.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>If so, it = could have emerged some old logs we keep in the house</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">for the wood stove. A couple of murky digital-zoom = photos uploaded to Flickr</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">just now, = that might be good enough for a guess at the ID:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Any idea what it is and what the larva it came from = likes to eat, as in logs, or</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2x4s = (hopefully not)?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Steve</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Halifax</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-97-709223515--
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