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any ideas what this is ? playing possum....

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jim mij Senior Member • Posts: 1,027
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I found this today, any ideas what it is ?

its about 3mm long

it was playing dead, but at this point i did see its legs kick about a bit before it curled up again

i'll try again tomorrow to see if it's recovered

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Marceppy Forum Member • Posts: 54
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A beetle maybe based on the hard looking top??

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OP jim mij Senior Member • Posts: 1,027
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Marceppy wrote:

A beetle maybe based on the hard looking top??

I was curious of the type, something about its head almost nestled like a babe in swaddling, anyway it woke up and gave me a clue, i think its  a biscuit beetle

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DaveTG Junior Member • Posts: 43
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Hi

This looks like a beetle of the family Ptinidae of which there are many species including the common “woodworm” beetle.

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DaveTG wrote:

Hi

This looks like a beetle of the family Ptinidae of which there are many species including the common “woodworm” beetle.

Thanks for the info Dave

my first attempt to google that give me several images of “patina” VW BUGs, sometimes google makes me smile 😀😀

my second attempt gave me a family of dozens n dozens variations, I never knew there was that much variety in the uk

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