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26-12-2011, 08:25 AM
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| | | Unidentified beetle
Hi Everyone and Happy Christmas
We picked these tiny beetles up from a rented property. When we moved they moved with us...
They're just over 1 mm long and appear everywhere, but not in great quantities thank goodness.
What are they? We've looked everywhere for something similar, but can't find anything on the web...
Here are two close up photos of them, thanks to a microscope tiny beetles or mites? - Wild About Britain Pics tiny beetles or mites? - Wild About Britain Pics
Thank you for feedback/input.
Chaz |
26-12-2011, 09:34 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
Book-louse; funny, I had one of these yesterday under the microscope that I picked-up in my room. Harmless, and probably in every house across the land.
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26-12-2011, 05:41 PM
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Posts: 11
| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
Thank you!
Now I know who these little guys are scampering around the place... Our rented house was damp with mould everywhere. We didn't have book lice in our old house. Perhaps we have these for life now...
At least it's not bugging me any more :-)
Chaz |
29-12-2011, 12:19 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
Only just seen the second photograph of the head. That's a great shot. What microscope did you use, not the Veho is it? |
30-12-2011, 09:19 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
Yes, it is the £40 Veho discovery VMS-004. Great tool for the price. |
30-12-2011, 09:33 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
Thanks, I'm seriously considering getting one. Am I correct in thinking that model has x20, x200 and x400 mag.? I assume your head-shot was the x400 setting? |
30-12-2011, 10:49 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified beetle
yes very close to 400X, good piece of kit in my opinion, for the price, Not designed with great stability in mind, but does the job fine in helping identify tiny things like psocids. | | |
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