Jul 19, 2025
Our hotel room came with a free complimentary spider beetle, Gibbium aequinoctiale (Ptinidae) in the bathtub
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Our hotel room came with a free complimentary spider beetle, Gibbium aequinoctiale (Ptinidae) in the bathtub
Shiny spider beetle, Mezium affine, Ptinidae
Distributed widely in the Northern Hemisphere and has been introduced to Australia. Larvae are known to infest stored foods of all kinds.
Photo 1 by per-hoffmann-olsen, 2-5 by desislaviliev, and 6 (on finger for scale) by fran86
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
Insectember day 2: gibbium psylloides
Common name: Hump beetle/ Smooth spider beetle✨
My spiders name is Edna, and my Spider Beetles are named the Pluribus Colony. 💖
Spider beetle
Kira (spider oc!) and her girlfriend as a late pride post!
I love Kira to death ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡
She's the one on the right btw!)
The White-marked Spider-beetle (Ptinus fur) is a species of beetle with a near cosmopolitan distribution. They are scavengers and are known pests for museum collections as they are known to eat specimens. I found this female under a rock in an old rockslide.