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Name that insect...

  • 03-05-2011 6:46pm
    #1
    laladrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Sorry another insect identification plea... lots of these little critters in my bedroom, mostly dead on floor.. appeared last few days and also last summer too. anyone any ideas? i have a few bites on legs/arms too but hope these aren't the culprits??:confused:


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  • #2
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Well it's not a bed bug at least, I can tell you that from horrific experience


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Malaria eh?


  • #4
    Scarydoll
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Scarydoll


    According to this thread, its a cockchafer.


  • #5
    laladrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭laladrog


    thanks for your help! i don't think its one of those cockchafers, i should have put a coin beside it for comparison - they're v small - about 4mm in length..


  • #6
    ArtyM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    Thats crabs OP. You need to ring all your recent sexual partners immediately and tell them you have a dose. Dont wait a moment longer, call them now. Update your facebook status too.


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  • #7
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    laladrog wrote: »
    Sorry another insect identification plea... lots of these little critters in my bedroom, mostly dead on floor.. appeared last few days and also last summer too. anyone any ideas? i have a few bites on legs/arms too but hope these aren't the culprits??:confused:

    insect.jpg


    It's a bed bug, sounds like you have an infestation.


  • #8
    cosmicfart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭cosmicfart


    mini vampires u will turn into the Fly soon, sorry.


  • #9
    JohnathanM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 410 ✭✭JohnathanM


    TheZohan wrote: »
    It's a bed bug, sounds like you have an infestation.

    I thought bed bugs hid away in dark corners and crevices; in any case aren't they fatter around the middle? I know that New York is the bed bug capital of the world so I won't argue, but it looks like a beetle to me.


  • #10
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    JohnathanM wrote: »
    I thought bed bugs hid away in dark corners and crevices; in any case aren't they fatter around the middle? I know that New York is the bed bug capital of the world so I won't argue, but it looks like a beetle to me.


    Nah it is a beetle. Think it's a mealworm beetle.


  • #11
    fuzzbuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭fuzzbuzz


    I think its a wood beetle or wood boring beetle, what wood worms grow up to be.

    They ate the some soft wood in furniture I had a few years ago, they got everywhere.


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  • #12
    marcsignal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭marcsignal


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Nah it is a beetle. Think it's a mealworm beetle.

    yeah, that's what it looks like, also called Biscuit Beetle.

    Are they in your food cupboards ? Check any foodstuffs you have like Flour, Cereals, Crackers, Biscuits (including cereal based pet foods) etc. and examine the folds of the packaging. They probably got into your house in a contaminated cereal based food product.

    Odd thing is, I've never heard of them biting a person :confused:

    You might need to have your place sprayed. It will be very effective and will solve your problem in one go, provided it is a Biscuit Beetle.

    EDIT :
    fuzzbuzz wrote: »
    I think its a wood beetle or wood boring beetle, what wood worms grow up to be.

    They ate the some soft wood in furniture I had a few years ago, they got everywhere.

    You're right fuzzbuzz, it could well be one of those too, they're very similar.

    http://challenge-services.co.uk/furniturebeetle.aspx

    Sorry to tell you OP, if its furniture beetle it could be expensive to get rid of them.
    Are you renting ? Or is it your own house ?

    OP, if you're based in Dublin, pm me if you need someone to have a look at this problem for you.


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