#anobiidae

[cnestus]

assorted creatures from work

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[PHOTO TAKEN: JUNE 13TH, 2023 | Image ID: A photo of a small, brown, slightly fuzzy wood-borer beetle on a rough black plastic surface /End ID.]

[cnestus]

some handsome creatures i saw at work

[cnestus]

some bugs i saw at work 14.III.2022 - 1.IV.2022

[drhoz]

#553 - Ernobius mollis - Pine Bark Anobiid

The work of the tiny Anobiid beetle Enorbius mollis, a relative of the furniture and Deathwatch beetles, and originally a Northern European species, and now pretty much worldwide

The beetles lay their eggs on conifers with the bark still intact, and the larvae burrow up to 50mm in from there, but usually limit themselves to the sapwood. A minor pest of sawn timber but cause no structural damage and are of little economic importance.

Mount Helena, NW of Perth

[drhoz]

#352 - Drugstore Beetle

photo by Kamran

Another ID for work - Stegobium paniceum, also known as the Bread beetle (hence the scientific name) or Biscuit beetle.

Unusually for stored food pest beetle, not a Dermestid. It's an Anobiid beetle, related to the Deathwatch Beetle and Common Furniture Beetle. Somewhat notorious for its wide diet, including buckets of soap, and the ability of its larvae to chew through plastic and soft metal.

The drugstore beetle attacks such a wide variety of foods and material that one anonymous quote states that it "eats anything but cast iron." It gets its name from its habit of feeding on prescription drugs. It also feeds on flours, dry mixes, breads, cookies, chocolates and other sweets, and spices. Non-food material includes wool, hair, leather, horn, and museum specimens. It is found in pigeon nests and is known to bore into books, wooden objects, and, in some cases, tin or aluminum foil and lead sheets. Larval feeding accounts for the greatest amount of damage. Museum and herbarium specimens are vulnerable to attack. Slight damage and contamination can ruin these valuable and priceless items. Drugstore beetles harbor symbiotic yeasts that produce B vitamins. The yeasts are deposited on the eggs as they pass through the oviduct and are consumed by the larvae during egg hatch. These yeasts enable the drugstore beetle to feed and survive on many foods and other items of poor nutritional quality.

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