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What are these? They keep turning up on my floors (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 7 months ago by NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de to c/bugs@lemmy.world

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I'm in the middle east in case that helps narrow it down. Very hot few days probably have something to do with it.

Where are they coming from? Are they hiding somewhere in my apartment? They seem to be flightless. They are all the same size and very small, here's one on my finger for scale:

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm no entomologist, but... carpet beetles are pretty common, perhaps they're those?

https://www.pctonline.com/news/carpet-beetles-not-just-in-carpets/

[–] rollmagma@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you happen to have a bag of rice somewhere in a cupboard?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

Good thinking, but I just checked the bag I have and it's all clear. Thanks for the idea though.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They might be some kind of cigarette/drugstore/pantry beetle, in which case they're pests that live wherever humans do rather than a local species.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

African black beetle would be my guess.

https://www.syngentaturf.com.au/insect-pest/african-black-beetle

Edit: or Tiny Black Scarab

https://bugguide.net/node/view/266295

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Meal worm beetle?