Bug id please

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  1. Snowbaby

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    IMG_20140706_192814.jpg does anyone know what this bug is please? Apologies for the rotten mobile phone photo
     
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    Sorry, but pic is not detailed enough.
    There are many things it could be.
    Can you get a close up?
     
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      In case you can't get a better pic, is it vine weevil?

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      If not, I can't think of anything else to be concerned about.
       
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        My thoughts too, Scrungee....it's the right shape!
         
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          no it's not him.

          It's a tiny beetle-like shape, brown, crunchy when squished ;) same size or even a bit smaller than a matchstick head or pinhead
           
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          and he's been flushed away. It came off a towel tonight as I was drying my daughter from her bath, bleurgh! I should have used my camera rather than mobile... but child apparently needed drying and jammies on *rolls eyes*
           
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          Crunchy on the outside, smooth on the inside.

          Either an Armadillo or a Dime Bar.
           
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            Of course you're allowed to add links, you're a long standing member :)
             
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              just realised how long I've been here! wow time flies when you're growing veg!

              Going by a google search, I don't think these are harmless. I've found a couple in my bathroom over the years, and have often wondered what they are.
               
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              ok I think he's a "drugstore beetle" (who names these things?!)
               
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              Yanks by the sound of it :biggrin:
               
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