[NatureNS] beetle found

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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

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class=3D"Apple-style-span">This is the Larder Beetle, <I>Dermestes =
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