Australian spider beetle
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The Australian spider beetle, Ptinus tectus, is a tiny beetle
that can be found infesting a wide variety of products. It is among the commonest household pest insects. It is a cosmopolitan species (arrived in Europe
and the UK from Australia
in 1900).
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
that can be found infesting a wide variety of products. It is among the commonest household pest insects. It is a cosmopolitan species (arrived in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the UK from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1900).