Darkling Beetle
When I found this beetle crawling across the floor in the basement, I knew what it was right away:
It’s a darkling beetle, Tenebrio molitor.
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Larder beetle
I’m sure everybody has seen these:
This is obviously a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius. It is a little fellow, only about half a centimeter long or so. They get into decomposing garbage, stored foods with bad seals, and similar things[1]. Since they find our garbage so appealing, they have been carried by us pretty much around the world.