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Spotting

Description:

Black bug

Habitat:

Rice and any dry food

Notes:

Waht is it

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11 Comments

MichaelGeiser
MichaelGeiser 10 years ago

It *may* be an Oryzaephilus laying on its back, but there's no way to be sure based on this picture. The body shape is too blurry and hardly visible.
If it is in fact an Oryzaephilus, it could be either of the two cosmopolitan species O. surinamensis or O. mercator, which are both well-known "pests" in stored food (such as dried dates, cereals, nuts etc.). There's a number of other possibilities, but based on the habitat given, Oryzaephilus seems likely.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

AkiKemppainen
AkiKemppainen 10 years ago

that dont tell me mutch

AkiKemppainen
AkiKemppainen 10 years ago

thsns

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

good luck with your search then

AkiKemppainen
AkiKemppainen 10 years ago

not corect one

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago
Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Search for local pest control business.

AkiKemppainen
AkiKemppainen 10 years ago

i dot like it to be our food

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Hi AkiKemppainen. This website is not for learning how to kill things.

AkiKemppainen
Spotted by
AkiKemppainen

Espoo, Etelä-Suomi, Finland

Spotted on Mar 29, 2014
Submitted on Mar 29, 2014

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