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Kegerreism has attached these 2 pictures to aid in identification. The message is below.
| Kegerreism | April 17th, 2012, 11:34 am | |
| Greenville, NC Posts: 1 | Could use some identifying this. I live in a somewhat wooded area in eastern North Carolina. The coloration and ridge patterns are different than the bedbug pics I'm finding but I'd rather be safe than sorry. | |
| Creno | April 17th, 2012, 12:51 pm | |
| Grants Pass, OR Posts: 305 | not a bed bug - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug you have a beetle | |
| Jmw975 | October 31st, 2012, 10:59 pm | |
| Guelph, Ontario Posts: 20 | Looks like a Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae) of some sort to me, but I'm certainly no expert when it come to terrestrial insects! Jeff | |
| Entoman | November 1st, 2012, 7:50 pm | |
 Posts: 2604 | I agree, Jeff. Looks like a carpet beetle to me too. These little devils are fly tying material Enemy #1 in my neck of the woods... Tier alert! 1. Keep your feathers and hair in thick poly bags (freezer grade or better)!. They chew right through the thin stuff. 2. They don't like mothballs but cedar doesn't seem to bother them in the least. 3. Their larvae and the damage they do look very similar to moths (that get most of the blame). Since they don't fly around like moths they are usually much harder to detect. Bottom line - if you find one of these tiny devils on a drape or wall, you probably have issues if there's a bunch of wool clothing stuffed in a closet or fly tying materials improperly stored. 4. Those that take portable tying kits with them on the road, keep them off the floor and don't leave organics laying out in your room. You don't want these hitchhikers... :( | |
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