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Drugstore Beetle

Stegobium paniceum

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 53, February 39, March 61, April 96, May 138, June 151, July 161, August 139, September 102, October 76, November 41, December 32.
United States1,468
Alaska1,088
Germany109
Texas84
Canada73
France63
Ontario62
Russia61
New York41
Ukraine39

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyDeathwatch, Spider, and Wood-borer Beetles · Ptinidae
GenusStegobium

Sources

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