ID help please

BROCSMAN · #1 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 07:57 PM

I found this in my bathroom. Can someone identify it please?

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 08:01 PM

Hi B,

It looks like a 'Wooly Bear' - the name given to the larval stage of a Carpet Beetle from the Dermastidae family.

Take care,

Jason

ChrisR · #3 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 08:34 PM

Grrr

swat it - otherwise they will completely destroy your insect collection

BROCSMAN · #4 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 09:03 PM

Oh dear. I haven't got an insect collection. Should I start one? I know where I could find the larval stage of the Woolly Bear Beetle for one.

Jason Green · #5 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BROCSMAN

Oh dear. I haven't got an insect collection. Should I start one?

...yes, if you are planning on rearing this larvae

BROCSMAN · #6 (**permalink**) 22-11-2009, 09:35 PM

Oh no! I've just been back to the bathroom to "release it into the environment", and it's scarpered. It's loose aboot the hoose.