Parasitic beetles.... Any ideas?

[Ruaumoko]

A while back I posted about parasitic wasps from a WC ootheca.That prompted me to pick up a cheap macro thingy for my iPhone,anyways long story short,I kept the infected ooth and today this emerged! Only realised after I had misted the container.

That's the hole it came from

It can flutter quite well!

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[aNisip]

Hey Andrew I have never heard or seen of a parasitic beetle...this is quite interesting! Hopefully someone has an answer!

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[Orin]

Dermestids feed on old, dead or dried oothecae, they aren't parasitic.

 

[Ruaumoko]

It has been identified as a 'dermestes' species of beetle that usually feeds on animal proteins and can sometimes infest good stores.The ootheca came from China and there is a fair bit of documentation about them.

Gonna give it a few days then feed it to a mantis lol ;-)