#dermestes

My boyfriend wants to start a colony of dermestids and because of the distance we are I can't give him some of mine so a friend of his told him that he had in his colony of cockroaches and here they are, the only issue is that they look a little different mine and they say that they eat the bran substrate that they put on the cockroaches, is it a misunderstanding or are these bugs rare dermestid that eat bran?

Or are they another type of insect that looks like dermestid or can dermestid actually eat bran?

Anyway, location Veracruz, Mexico

 AKA incinerator beetle. Can be confused with Dermestes haemorrhoidalis, the African larder beetle, which sometimes shares the same common name at top.

Originally native to North America, but now widespread. A known host of chicken tapeworms, which is a problem when it's living around chicken coops. Also a problem in silkworm farms, where it preys on the pupa.

Like the previous one, a pest of stored products, but this one was out near the freeway at Sullivan Rock, where it was presumably thriving on the various roadkilled kangaroos.

A group of Skin Beetles species found worldwide, usually feeding on carrion but also a serious pest of dried animal products, and occasionally a parasite on turkeys. At one point in Victorian London they were doing so much damage to warehoused animal skins a reward of £20,000 was offered for a remedy - almost 3 Million US$ today.

They can be a serious pest in museum collections, but also invaluable for removing flesh from bones. Also quite useful in forensic investigations for determining the time of death.

On top of everything else the larval hairs can cause a rash.

Attagenus obtusus   >  Ir a Blogger de  RATAMUR DDD  para más información.

Sin.: Dermestes obtusus, D. holosericeus, Trogoderma holosericea

Escarabajo que se alimenta de materia orgánica en descomposición como cadáveres, aunque también puede alimentarse de pieles secas.

Véase también: fauna sarcosaprófaga