Dermestidae (Latreille, 1804)

This is what lardarius looks like. True, this is a slightly worn copy from the old collections.

Like, not so much shabby as fat. This is often the case with lardariuses: fat already spreads over the die.

Like, not so much shabby as fat. This is often the case with lardariuses: fat already spreads over the die.

Not only with lardariuses: it seems that the whole genus Dermestes is like that. Apparently, it depends on the environment. By the way: the same problem with the two views I presented above.

A frequent guest this year at my home, on the balcony. I hope it doesn't belong in my collection.
Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758
Ext. collected today (16.08.2013). Here: M. O. G. Zheleznodorozhny.

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A frequent guest this year at my home, on the balcony. I hope it doesn't belong in my collection.
Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758
Ext. collected today (16.08.2013). Here: M. O. G. Zheleznodorozhny.

You are lying, Vasya - how can you not hope, if you have more than contributed to the realization of his aspirations-now where is he, if not in the collection?
By the way, if you are serious: this particular species does not harm entomological collections.

You are lying, Vasya - how can you not hope, if you have more than contributed to the realization of his aspirations-now where is he, if not in the collection?
By the way, if you are serious: this particular species does not harm entomological collections.

Duc the whole genus in my opinion is harmless for collections
I joked

A frequent guest this year at my home, on the balcony. I hope it doesn't belong in my collection.

Is there no dried fish on the balcony?

Is there no dried fish on the balcony?

I don't have. But a supermarket is "stuck" to the house: apparently they fly from there.

At my Institute of Biochemistry, lardarius is occasionally found on windowsills in the summer - despite the fact that we don't have any collections of insects, dried meat or fish there. However, in the same complex of buildings with us is IPEE with zoologists, apparently he is rushing from there

At my Institute of Biochemistry, lardarius is occasionally found on windowsills in the summer - despite the fact that we don't have any collections of insects, dried meat or fish there. However, in one complex of buildings with us there is an IPEE with zoologists, apparently he is rushing from there

Not necessarily, it is quite possible that they live in the attic, especially if birds nest there...