Trogoderma variabile
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Trogoderma variabile, commonly known as the warehouse beetle, is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found across Europe, Asia, Central America, North America and Oceania. Adult warehouse beetles average about 3.2 mm (0.13 in) in length and are some shade of reddish-brown, dark brown or blackish-brown. The larvae are cream coloured or some darker shade of brown, and average 6 mm (0.24 in) in length when fully grown; they have long bristles at the tip of the abdomen.
This beetle may have originated in Central Asia, but is now widely distributed, being found in Russia, China, parts of the Middle East, Europe, Central America, North America and Oceania. It is an economic pest in a range of dry goods including animal foods, wheat and barley kernels, wholemeal flour, corn meal, oat meal, noodles and other cereal-based foodstuffs. It also infests animal detritus, fish meal, spices, nuts, cocoa and sugar products. In the indoor environment it occurs in warehouses, granaries, food stores and dwellings, and outdoors in Russia, it has been found in bee nests.
Eggs are laid in suitable dry materials, and... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Warehouse Beetle sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 430th most-seen of the 753 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Warehouse Beetle in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–January, the lowest months.
Only Kyiv, in our data
Kyiv is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Warehouse Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Dermestidae
The closest relatives of the Warehouse Beetle that you can see in Kyiv (family Dermestidae, Skin Beetles) are Dermestes laniarius (about 10%), Common Carpet Beetle (about 10%) and Anthrenus picturatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Warehouse Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
