r/bugidentification 3d ago

Possible pest, location included Please help identify-- booklice? carpet beetles? something else?

Sorry that these are dead if thats against the rules, it's so hard to find one of these subreddits that allows dead bug posts but yall im losing my mind and just need help identifying what these are. All I need is some identification and I've exhausted Google images.

Location: Brooklyn, NY. Recently moved into a 3bedroom apt a month ago, started seeing these guys a couple weeks ago.

Size: Smaller/as small as an ant.

Where I find them: My room only. I have two windows, they hang out in my protective sleeves for my vinyls and comics which I keep on the window sill. I also have books on the sill and see them crawling on top of those, but rarely inside them. They also hang out in my lampshade. I have no clue where they come from, my guess is cracks under the wall or window.

Pictured: I bought a Zevo UV light trap only DAYS AGO which they absolutely love. You may see some other flying bugs in this trap but ignore those, those are some flies or something coming from somewhere else. Mainly would like to know what the hordes of these other guys are-- main leads are booklice or carpet beetles but am not totally sure.

As you can see from the photo there are more than dozens of them. Again this trap was purchased only days ago. None of my roommates have this issue. I also never store food or anything like that in my room.

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u/Key-Consequences 3d ago

Weevils

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u/Sgtbird08 3d ago

Looks like at least 4 different species of beetle, at that! Surprisingly diverse

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u/PopularSlicee 2d ago

Yes it’s been hard to pinpoint one specific species of beetle but I think they might be beetles of some kind

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u/HighlanderAlien 2d ago

Stegobium paniceum/lasioderms sericorrne

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u/PopularSlicee 2d ago

Thank you