Beetle plague continues!
The plague of tiny beetles continues. They are still everywhere. They can fly. They can do astounding death drops from a wall they have been walking up--and apparently live to tell about it.
Just throwing a few basic keywords into a search engine, I found this: One Hundred Common Bugs of New Mexico.
https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_circulars/CR570.pdf
*Order Hemiptera: True Bugs. Metamorphosis simple. Mouthparts
sucking. Forewings divided into leathery and membranous halves
(Hemi=half,-ptera=wing). Wings held flat over body when at rest. Tarsi
with three or fewer segments.
I go back to my close-up photos. Okay. Three sets of legs. Wings. Antennae. I guess I'd better go back to the start of the document and brush up on the vocabulary for basic bug parts. I get out a ruler and measure one of the carcasses on the inside of the window ledge in my office. 6mm. So they vary from 5-10mm, roughly.
This looks like the right ballpark:
Or maybe a real beetle?
Just throwing a few basic keywords into a search engine, I found this: One Hundred Common Bugs of New Mexico.
https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_circulars/CR570.pdf
*Order Hemiptera: True Bugs. Metamorphosis simple. Mouthparts
sucking. Forewings divided into leathery and membranous halves
(Hemi=half,-ptera=wing). Wings held flat over body when at rest. Tarsi
with three or fewer segments.
I go back to my close-up photos. Okay. Three sets of legs. Wings. Antennae. I guess I'd better go back to the start of the document and brush up on the vocabulary for basic bug parts. I get out a ruler and measure one of the carcasses on the inside of the window ledge in my office. 6mm. So they vary from 5-10mm, roughly.
This looks like the right ballpark:
Or maybe a real beetle?
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