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meshpt Centennial, CO May 01, 2014

We found this bug 2 times in our house, anyone know what it is? any concerns about it being dangerous? We found 1 in my daughter's diaper - ahhhh!!!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 02, 2014

This is a darkling beetle *family Tenebrionidae); it might be one of the mealworms in the genus Tenebrio, basically nuisance pests and not dangerous at all. In fact, the larvae are quite edible when roasted!

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