#ptinidae

[cnestus]

Our hotel room came with a free complimentary spider beetle, Gibbium aequinoctiale (Ptinidae) in the bathtub

[herpsandbirds]

I live in IL and I was just wondering if you could identify this insect(?). I keep finding them in my bathtub & bathroom sink. I've never seen them before until I moved into this apartment.

Bug ID - IL, USA:

It is hard to tell from the lighting in this photo, but a possibility is Smooth Spider Beetle (Gibbium aequinoctiale), family Ptinidae. Introduced in the US, they are found across various parts of the world.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/55820

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[onenicebugperday]

@k0k0p3lli submitted: Sorry I couldn't get a better picture, but what are these itty bitty guys called? They can fly and I'm 80% sure they're living in a bin of game bird feed at my workplace.

Location: Northwest Florida (eastern side of the panhandle)

I'm sure it is living in the bird food! Looks like a drugstore beetle. They eat things like grains, seeds, spices, and cereals :)

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

I think this death-watch beetle (Oligomerus sp.) from this past July is absolutely the most adorable death-related thing I have ever seen :-)! Also, a new genus for the yard.

[cnestus]

Male Ozognathus cornutus (Ptinidae), has its mandibles modified into bigass tusks. Collected in southern California

[cnestus]

my four wretched children

[cnestus]

i've recently been sorting through my lab's vast trove of unidentified Little Brown Beetles. here's a couple that i though were cute.

tentatively IDed as Ernobius sp. and Tricorynus sp. respectively, both within the overstuffed Ptinidae family.