Beetle Gallery 6

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Beetle Gallery - Page 6: Other Beetles (cont.)	Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera
A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . .

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Rice Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae, family Curculionidae) length 2-3 mm In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©	Granary Weevil (Sitophilus granarius, family Curculionidae) length 2-3 mm In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©

Fur Beetle (Attagenus pellio, family Dermestidae) length 4-6 mm In houses and stores, living in animal skins, furs, carpets, old blankets, dry food stuffs, etc.	Larder or Bacon Beetle (Dermestes lardarius, family Dermestidae) length 7-10 mm Outside on animal hides and dry carcasses, and also indoors on meat and other dry animal matter

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci, family Dermestidae) length 2-3 mm In houses and stores, living in animal skins, furs, carpets, old blankets, dry food stuffs, etc., Photo: Joe Doran ©	Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor, family Tenebrionidae) length 14-17 mm In or near bird nests, and in houses and stores where it frequently infests dry food stuffs

Cellar or Churchyard Beetle (Blaps mucronata, family Tenebrionidae) length 18-25 mm In houses and stores, living in waste animal and vegetable matter, and dry food stuffs	Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum, family Tenebrionidae) length 2-4 mm In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©

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