Log in

View Full Version : Help Identifying a Bug


allietcarr
Apr 19, 2012, 12:50 PM
Can anyone help me ID this bug? I found a live one near my sofa, and some dead ones around my bed. At first I was horrified, thinking they were bed bugs, but they don't look like the images I've found online.

Anyone recognize this guy? (that is college-ruled paper, not wide ruled)

http://s1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg576/theatresuburbia/?action=view&current=IMG_1773.jpg

http://s1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg576/theatresuburbia/?action=view&current=IMG_1770.jpg

http://s1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg576/theatresuburbia/?action=view&current=IMG_1769.jpg

gnahcd
Apr 21, 2012, 09:26 PM
It's hard to tell exactly what species or even the family, but at least it is not a bed bug. You definitely have a beetle (order Coleoptera). It could possibly be a drugstore beetle, as I think I see a match with the antennae segments. It could also be a cigarette beetle. Both of these beetles are often found in homes. They are pantry pests.

(I'm not definite on the species ID, though, as I would want to examine it under a microscope to be sure.)

Here are some links:
Texas A&M (http://agrilife.org/citybugs/factsheets/household/food-fabric/ent-2004/)
Google search drugstore beetle (https://www.google.com/search?q=drugstore+beetle&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MoeTT86qOIPg2QXj7NyRBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=640&sei=OYeTT9-VAofC2wWlyZXtBA)
UC IPM Pantry Pests (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7452.html)