Found this insect in my house, any ideas?
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OT: What is this insect?
May 14, 2017
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It is a bug! May be Cantharis Nigricans or Cantharis Annularis. Or something like that. Dunno.
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Am 14.05.2017 um 15:50 schrieb James Wilkinson Sword:
It is a bug! May be Cantharis Nigricans or Cantharis Annularis. Or something like that. Dunno.
This is the closest Cantharis I can find:
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Describe it. If it looks a bit like a ladybird but is orange and a bit more shiny its a carpet beetle. Obviously a picture is no good to me, but the natural History museum used to have an identify my bug system on their web site, but no doubt nowadays it will be charged for. Brian
Stripy yellow tail like a wasp, but flightless. Black beetle like cover sitting above the stripy tail, but only three quarters of the length of it. Antennae are quite long and made of about 10 pieces. The Natural History Museum seems to have a free forum, I'll try there -
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Could be a Spined Woodborer (/Trichocnemis spiculatus/):
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It's certainly an odd one, with the body longer than the ? wing-covers.
The NHM will want to know its size.
How long will it take for Mr Peeler to enter this thread and entertain us all with his wit and wisdom?
Doesn't seem to be stripy enough on the tail. Mine reminded me of a hornet. And the thing over the stripy tail is too long on your version.
1cm long.
I don't remember seeing him for a while.
Some sort of horrible insect that will breed in a filthy pikey house, with
11 cats, several parrots and no hot running water.
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