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12-08-2011, 06:13 PM
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| | | Can anyone ID this grub please I seem to have a number of them in the house at the moment. They're about a centimeter long. | 
12-08-2011, 06:35 PM
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| | | Re: Can anyone ID this grub please Hope you have plenty moth balls handy think it might be common clothes moth | 
12-08-2011, 08:46 PM
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| | | Re: Can anyone ID this grub please Thanks for your quick response.
I've checked out photos on the web of a clothes moth larva and they don't seem to have the hairs or the pincer type arrangement at the rear.
A carpet beetle larva seems close but no pincers. | 
12-08-2011, 09:52 PM
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| | | Re: Can anyone ID this grub please This is a larva of Dermestes sp., called variously bacon beetle, larder beetle, hide beetle. It feeds on dry organic material like meat, feathers,etc. | 
13-08-2011, 07:47 AM
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| | | Re: Can anyone ID this grub please Quote:
Originally Posted by triops This is a larva of Dermestes sp., called variously bacon beetle, larder beetle, hide beetle. It feeds on dry organic material like meat, feathers,etc. |
Thank you very much Triops, Yep that's the little critter(s)
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