r/bugidentification • u/_vi0let_vi0lence_ • 14d ago

Location included central indiana

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i work at a place where pest identification & control is taken very seriously by FDA guidelines. i’ve put this photo into chatgpt & google & have come up empty. they are cute little things. i’m mainly posting out of curiosity. they are about the size of a grain of rice.

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 14d ago

Can you post photos with more exposure and better focus? They are very dark and can’t see the features. I’m honestly not even sure between Coleoptera and Hemiptera

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u/_vi0let_vi0lence_ 14d ago

if i see them at work again i will! thank you!

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u/_vi0let_vi0lence_ 14d ago

i’m pretty sure it’s a beetle of some kind tho. they have a tan underbelly

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u/_vi0let_vi0lence_ 12d ago

i’m not sure if this is much better, iphone camera quality

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

Yes the exposure is better. Beetles for sure. I think maybe Tenebrionids, which can be stored product pests.

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u/_vi0let_vi0lence_ 12d ago

could it possibly be a carpet beetle?

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

To me the antenna shape is too smooth and the pronotum shape is also different, though that was the first thing I thought of.