What are these bugs?

[cjard]

I find these:

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predominantly near these plants:

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I never see them move, so I presume they are dead.. Just wondering what they are?

 

[Nickelodeon]

seeds

 

[cjard]

Lol.. well, i did consider it, but they seem to have legs. I just caught one moving around:


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[draqon]

hahaha...look like regular bugs that drink leaf juice

 

[MacGyver1968]

That's a Varda question if I ever saw one.

 

[Orleander]

well, what's the plant that it may be attracted to?

 

[domesticated om]

I find these:

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predominantly near these plants:

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I never see them move, so I presume they are dead.. Just wondering what they are?

Carpet Beetle would be my first guess

 

[Orleander]

Oh dom, you are a genius!! That is what they look like!

 

[domesticated om]

Oh dom, you are a genius!! That is what they look like!

Thanks , but It was more luck than smarts unfortunately.
Since it looked sort of like a lady-bug (dome shaped round insect), I figured it was a type of beetle ---- and since it loitered around the house plants, I figured it was probably a pest.

I googled "beetle + pest", and this is the google image result from the third page
http://images.google.com/images?q=p...&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&start=42&sa=N

I was convinced it was the same beetle (and posted the reply) after comparing the spoon-shape of the antennas --- which closely matches this pic:

Source:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/pantry.html

 

[MacGyver1968]

Nice snooping there, D.O.....We ought start calling you Sherlock.