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ah111 New York, United States May 25, 2010

Does anyone know what this is? Is was climbing on a wall, very tiny, brownish-red.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 25, 2010

This appears to be a shiny spider beetle, Gibbium psylloides (Coleoptera: Anobiidae; subfamily Ptininae) - see http://tinyurl.com/26j3j4j for an image. These beetles sometimes can become pantry pests, feeding on a wide variety of dry stored food products.

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