Brown bug infestation inside home - Ask Extension
Can you help identify these tiny brown bugs that keep showing up in one area of our house? We think they are entering the house through small holes i...
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Brown bug infestation inside home #867791
Asked May 09, 2024, 5:02 PM EDT
Can you help identify these tiny brown bugs that keep showing up in one area of our house? We think they are entering the house through small holes in the utility room wall. They are prolific and are vacuumed out most days! Thanks.
Multnomah County Oregon
Expert Response
Hi and can you send in a few more pictures? I know it's hard to get close-ups, but I will need better pictures, hopefully of the top and bottom of the bug to give you an ID. Try holding your phone a little farther away and using the zoom feature. If you need to have them hold still, stick them in the freezer for 10 minutes!
Thanks and I look forward to closer pictures!
Thanks and I look forward to closer pictures!
Here're some slightly clearer pictures of our brown bugs. Hope they help!
MC
Hi and thanks for trying a few more pictures. I still cannot make a positive ID other than that it is a beetle. Since there are nearly 5,000 species of beetles in Oregon, I suggest you take some examples in to the Clackamas County Extension office in Oregon City to have a Master Gardener look at them under the microscope and give you a positive identification.
Sorry I couldn't be more help!
Sorry I couldn't be more help!
