Smooth Spider Beetle

Subject:  What is that
Geographic location of the bug:  11214
Date: 12/22/2018
Time: 08:21 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  the mm ruler is on the left
How you want your letter signed:  Alex

Smooth Spider Beetle

Dear Alex,
This is a Spider Beetle, a common Household Pest that will infest stored foods.  We are confident it is a Smooth Spider Beetle,
Gibbium aequinoctiale, which is picture on BugGuide where it states the habitat is “Mainly houses, flour mills, occasionally warehouses, hospitals, stores” and food includes “wide variety of dead organic materials; may be a dry stored product pest.”

Thank you very much for your help – it was done perfectly
Alex

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