Question

bug   Hi Jack,
I am very concerned because I came home last night from college and all was well but earlier tonight I was putting stuff away and tidying up my room when I came across a bunch of random bugs, they are brown and a an oval shape. They kind of look like a very very tiny beetle. As a Biology major I already have been trying to find out what the heck they are but I haven't found anything. I thought they may be from my rabbit who lives in my room but I checked his fur and changed his cage as well as looked through the bedding but I didn't find anything. The bugs are living between my sheets on fabrics (I had stacks of clothes on a chair and they were all through them)there are not a HUGE amount of them but it is enough to make someone uncomfortable. They are smaller than a pinky finger nail... maybe about the size of a baby's finger nail.

Thank you for your time

Answer
Stepahnie,

The image is too blurry to be certain but this appears to be a drugstore beetle (see http://www.livingwithbugs.com/cigarette_drugstore_beetle.html for a picture of the larvae and google "drugstore beetle" for images of adult beetles). These beetles infest stored food, including dry pet food. They are otherwise harmless and the best control is to locate the infested food and discard it (see page cited above).

Jack DeAngelis