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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-1061087646 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Many thanks for this ID, Chris, as usual. I've long been aware of the =20= specimen-eating depredations of the hairy dermestid larvae in =20 unprotected insect collections, but had no idea that this was the =20 actual adult of the cuprits. It's a big relief to know that it's not =20= after the roof timbers, only my already opened raisin bran. Thanks again, Steve On 14-Apr-07, at 6:08 PM, c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Hi Steve, > This is the Larder Beetle, Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, probably the =20= > most common household pest of dried stored products, hides, fur, etc. =20= > 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 =20 > 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 =20 >> wonder if it is >> a wood-borer. If so, it could have emerged some old logs we keep in =20= >> the house >> for the wood stove. A couple of murky digital-zoom photos uploaded to = =20 >> 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 =20= >> in logs, or >> 2x4s (hopefully not)? >> Steve >> Halifax > > = _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._=20= > ._. > Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History > 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6 > (902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> > = _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._=20= > ._. ________________ Steve Shaw Chocolate Lake Halifax= --Apple-Mail-1-1061087646 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Many thanks for this ID, Chris, as usual. I've long been aware of the specimen-eating depredations of the hairy dermestid larvae in unprotected insect collections, but had no idea that this was the actual adult of the cuprits. It's a big relief to know that it's not after the roof timbers, only my already opened raisin bran. Thanks again,=20 Steve =20 On 14-Apr-07, at 6:08 PM, c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: <excerpt>Hi Steve, This is the Larder Beetle, <italic>Dermestes lardarius</italic> Linnaeus, probably the most common household pest of dried stored products, hides, fur, etc. Take a look at: = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th7o.ht= m</color> = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natur= al/insects/bugsfaq/larder.htm</color> = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/clin= ic/Bugofwk/970079/dermest.htm</color> 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: <excerpt>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 </excerpt> = <fontfamily><param>Times</param>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>(902) 424-6435 =A0 Email = <<<color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</color>></fo= ntfamily> = <fontfamily><param>Times</param>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.</fontfamily> </excerpt>________________ Steve Shaw Chocolate Lake Halifax= --Apple-Mail-1-1061087646--
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