[NatureNS] beetle found

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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 =
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>> 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
>
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> ._.
> 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>
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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

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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:


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al/insects/bugsfaq/larder.htm</color>

=
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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

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