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Dimtrys, 26.06.2016 22:24

When servicing the air conditioner, our engineer found some small insects in the drainage pan. Photo here: http://climats.ru/zhuki-v-konditsionere.php
To make the scale clear, the diameter of the drain hole in the pan is about 1 cm. We have been servicing air conditioners for a long time, we met both birds and wasps there (although not in the room block, but in the street block), but beetles — for the first time! Interested in a specialist's opinion: what are these beetles called, and where do they usually live?

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27.06.2016 7:31, Mantispid

This appears to be Oryzaephilus surinamensis the so-called "Surinamese flour eater"
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28.06.2016 21:19, Dimtrys

Thanks! So, the story of the penetration of this beetle into the house, and then into the air conditioner, told by the owners, corresponds to reality — the beetles could have "arrived" in croup.

24.07.2016 18:40, Dimtrys

Another story about air conditioning and, I assume, insects:
The engineer came to a country house — there was a leak of air conditioning installed on the first floor. It turned out that the drainage hose leading out to the street was clogged with rolled-up leaves. Moreover, the cork was so strong that it was not possible to knock it out in the usual way — by blowing it out — and I had to pick at it with wire.
Unfortunately, the engineer did not take a photo, but we assume that the scroll of leaves is the "handiwork" of some insect. After all, the blockage was in the depth of the hose, and only some small creature could get in there and cause such a mess. Who could it be?

24.07.2016 18:57, Mantispid

Perhaps-the" handiwork " of the megahill bee
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09.08.2016 12:12, Dimtrys

I read about the leafcutter bee (a type of megahila, as I understand it). It turns out that behind the cork of leaves were bee eggs in special cups?

09.08.2016 12:23, ИНО

Not exactly. The leaves line the walls of the cells, inside which are honey-pollen loaves, and on them - eggs, and later - larvae.

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09.08.2016 13:39, Dimtrys

In our case, there was an extremely dense plug of leaves. Usually, we eliminate all drainage blockages by applying an excess pressure of several atmospheres to the hose. So, the usual way to knock out the cork failed. The question arises: how were the larvae supposed to get out of there? There was, however, only one way out-inside the air conditioner, but in theory, if a bee in nature plugs its burrow with leaves, there is no second way out. Can larvae really overcome such a traffic jam?

09.08.2016 14:52, ИНО

Larvae should not overcome anything, they should only eat and grow. They overcome the imago by gnawing their way through the mandibles, which they have very powerful.
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