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what is this bug? #730338
Asked October 12, 2020, 11:46 PM EDT
Dear Expert
I am from Singapore and I keep having these types of bugs crawling all over my living room despite me cleaning them up daily. They are small about 2-3mm in size, sometimes they fly but mostly crawling around the tables and floors. It is also dark brown in color. I dont know if they bite but so far I have not been bitten. Can someone tell me what is this bug? and how to get rid of it? At the moment, I am using insecticides spray which I hate the smell or I'll just wipe them with a damp cloth and wash it down the sink.
I am from Singapore and I keep having these types of bugs crawling all over my living room despite me cleaning them up daily. They are small about 2-3mm in size, sometimes they fly but mostly crawling around the tables and floors. It is also dark brown in color. I dont know if they bite but so far I have not been bitten. Can someone tell me what is this bug? and how to get rid of it? At the moment, I am using insecticides spray which I hate the smell or I'll just wipe them with a damp cloth and wash it down the sink.
Cook County Outside United States
Expert Response
This looks like either:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in027
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ig095
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in385
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in384
Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne
or
Drugstore Beetle, Stegobium paniceum
See more at:https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in027
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ig095
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in385
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in384