Please help beetles in NYC apartment

ladygrail
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Please help beetles in NYC apartment Jun 12, 2019 13:53:07 GMT -8

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Post by ladygrail on Jun 12, 2019 13:53:07 GMT -8

hi everyone,
im hoping someone can identify three bugs I’ve seen in my NYC apartment. Don’t trust the exterminator who came the other day. He didn’t even open my closets or spray the loft area. Had to make a pic stitch collage b/c the files were too large to upload individually. Any help is greatly appreciated.

bichos Darwin Posts: 1,085	Please help beetles in NYC apartment Jun 12, 2019 19:20:54 GMT -8 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bichos on Jun 12, 2019 19:20:54 GMT -8 You got a slater, a beetle and another beetle. All harmless.
	It seems therefore that a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life!--Charles Darwin

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Please help beetles in NYC apartment Jun 13, 2019 9:11:06 GMT -8

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Post by marsdenda on Jun 13, 2019 9:11:06 GMT -8

As mentioned in the previous note, none of the 3 are going to cause you any harm and likely came into your apartment so probably the pest control guy is doing his job.

Top one is a sow bug in the Family Oniscidae these feed on plant material and tend to like moist environment so if you have a damp area that may be what is attracting this one.
the other two are beetles and since these are good fliers they can fly in through windows or crawl in under the door. Neither of the two species in the photo are house pests (ie carpet beetles or stored product pest) so nothing to worry about with these 2.

Post by ladygrail on Jun 12, 2019 13:53:07 GMT -8

Post by bichos on Jun 12, 2019 19:20:54 GMT -8

Post by marsdenda on Jun 13, 2019 9:11:06 GMT -8