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 lerk
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Ok, my google foo is failing me...
Anyone know what this little critter is?
Had a few of them and their offspring (larvae) munching into an old ferret hutch which I got rid of a few weeks ago.
This little fellow was just crawling through my kitchen door...
It's about 8mm long and the larvae was more or less just a white maggot.
Do I need to nuke my house from orbit or what?


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:06 pm
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Looks like a bad link


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:07 pm
 lerk
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Edited now!


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:08 pm
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A[s] bad[/s] good link beetle 🙂


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:11 pm
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[url= http://www.bpca.org.uk/pages/?page_id=196 ]Larder beetle[/url]
Do you have a larder ?


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:13 pm
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Siberian Arse Beetle. They travel in pairs, a little one (in the photo) and a much, much bigger one that crawls up the victim's bum then eats its way out through the stomach.

Have you seen the bigger one?


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 1:17 pm
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Have you seen the bigger one?

Was eaten by a baby robin.


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 2:12 pm
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Nope no larder...
Interestingly I can't see anything suggesting that they are wood borers.

So do we think I'll be ok not nuking my house then?


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 3:32 pm
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http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/04/07/larder-beetle-3/

Get your Google Fu back... use Google Image 😉

I was en-lighted with this knowledge some time back on here 🙂

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZitIJfOhw3hjcR0GtwT7HxDXHnhJJIY4K3QaJJgKouePKHszfGJQ8i5tWSIIyYXO68nPlk_1QU_1-Utwp75OuJMnpZSzxg7TyUNm-2Wn6yf7ookodp7UXo1Zb_10Jxofj5GJWotK5eD7fAnDkvv8zYUBmOUyRvgh7KCbfDNFIZC76qFiuafOapgPCFzgU0yFSfI4yt1RvPHk8Fpn84Lf23zTlWMLLDW19ewzZli8Gt3MGWyoQ1ksTggpEgeixOC1dgQWFDNRe6zP7MESPA08u6vqM3lJK0-1UVkuYdCsgS9ET2OGxtTFaiA_1MMnwYmwHFNQdxJv42pmd3-bCs9SqpJUgtb94o0SYDyrf7MtqDWYFN7ArAPRB0fB-v6yW7xJaAr4fTcnRxym1oOWT5ffEWDwYWJkpYWU8hCVsfgWA20NOlGBzxTaziex45S_1a2RMrVVLj8sKlAyHJO0G1fMrncxGxTdhD-8FYBG4VBKvh8nisf_1xL84AB9R5tXXu-rprrWI3p_1UK0wtvim_1WyeJKTqRIr7lMku3BQ238J1EHAA0ATkgASdXN9XeiqUViAvxlLFOcZgqgXYjxnBw_1UJ7nf6abLhboGwlvb_1hPtRsPGZRP_1pgc3U_1eD0p4ajeY4g0tJSjXYDeIpVieXOVcDK1wsR-M7n9iATplBRksCZE_1XkgejESaZWieBLSHsoh7Esk_1pULLqnZb2q_1fPny-MU3JwYce1ODTdoYjgIvFkypg96Bmt_1quULoWXI9HGORGJcM-scvGCfa-IZgLlRllVuxUzSmoUj5UG6VqsFQFofZryKFR7jzRejXMnou0WzAYKndHsP7lhTiP7VsPug5yw-paegfr9YsQ9_155Fu3Usoi_1xVSxZ27NJtckSc4eZrBTlO_1y6JsBEQz534yOFiDJ1MulGKDRbX6jsGdLlhLLT5dv1V7rbs-O6ZzvWKqktqojXHNZ8x9RbmSx8FsltFUDi5qCK6U1tXGMgH5LR6zz46INkPztbLgNiVFzjJSgq1DkRVPNXOy6PbY8LGHtQafkHpdlI7C4B9f6aiatpNo5tKPUaRbmlLmZKGXK39-8nObdqHHZPUAo4SA5dFpGs65VjBT1TSiBttuS41pXUGYGYOGuxgCpEpYBiG5fNsrdiDH3lJZXgCGtCwTKowLzCujV7oczFKKyofXE6x_1d8sAOZR3qdC5wz9I0jt91WPV5GJyd317ufnNRCJIQI4OABVvr0sfhYUAFsWZfq8HdqyiIoRB3eMUU-jK8j3mRZskUseDNCHggcJJwH-tB5SlBxoTBXVTmYZA2VJxEr1NgmMo6S-Ar-G6SBfFPdvPcAQgRTY8bYqeIHvb-2FD0teW9c1qCuYekpJbrTXqX-JfNFQQ8wH4ntw4SVV9Fv6Acy_10DP3cQCNJLscGt6aUGogzBXYivIfsUXxEliDH8bMQORoy5DGbkG4VD8I7ngVJ9wQ5dUiqEJWFTTZ2_1CUcryJUXZJGycCUQfTmp3dtcoC77lIITOnmLdW2aMUUR0Mq1qhjYqls6_1V6ztQvN1GFoR6OJ


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 3:38 pm
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from fasthaggis' link

occasionally tunnel into soft wood to pupate

Also says they mostly eat food scraps or corpses. Where's your mother in law ?


 
Posted : 13/06/2015 3:38 pm

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