Latin: Niptus hololeucus. This spider beetle is studded with long golden hair. It infests the same types of products as the first two mentioned spider beetles. When occurring in a warehouse it is often because it has been able to eat dead insects, dry carrions or rodent droppings. The adult golden spider beetles do bite […]
Golden spider beetle
(Latin: Niptus hololeucus) In this beetle the body is closely beset with yellow hairs. It can feed on almost anything and when it appears in a house, the source of infection may be dead chicks in a bird’s nest or little collections of seeds in the loft. Now and again this beetle has been recorded as […]