Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 071_ID (Ptilinus pectinicornis)

Posted by Mucha Fero on 26-01-2011 08:05
#1
Please identify 071_ID. The photograph was taken 1/21/2011 at 11:23 on the inner side of the window in the family home. Size is about 4 mm.
Thank you very much. Slovak Republics, Terchová Mala Fatra region.
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Edited by Mucha Fero on 26-01-2011 13:55

Posted by nick upton on 26-01-2011 11:19
#2
I have bad news for you.... I'm pretty sure this is a wood boring beetle Ptilinus pectinicornis - beetle family Anobiidae. Its larvae bore through timber and can cause a lot of damage. Maybe your roof timbers and floor joists need to be sprayed!?

Posted by Mucha Fero on 26-01-2011 13:44
#3
Nick Upton wrote:
I have bad news for you.... I'm pretty sure this is a wood boring beetle Ptilinus pectinicornis - beetle family Anobiidae. Its larvae bore through timber and can cause a lot of damage. Maybe your roof timbers and floor joists need to be sprayed!?


Nick thank you very much.