Can you identify this insect?

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#243813 3-Jan-2019 12:19

We're on the Kapiti Coast and have been invaded by these little blighters.

They are a little larger than an ant and have quite a hard shell.

We haven't seen them before, does anyone know what they are?

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#2153779 3-Jan-2019 12:22

With a picture that fuzzy it's got to be the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot!

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#2153781 3-Jan-2019 12:24

Found it I think

Silvanid Flat Bark Beetle

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#2153796 3-Jan-2019 12:27

this I think:

https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/what-is-this-bug/bugs-with-legs/6-legs/beetles/desjardins-beetle

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#2153802 3-Jan-2019 12:37

Had quite a few of these in my house in Khandallah this year too.

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#2153808 3-Jan-2019 12:54

dafman:

We're on the Kapiti Coast and have been invaded by these little blighters.

They are a little larger than an ant and have quite a hard shell.

We haven't seen them before, does anyone know what they are?

this is what google telling me

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZivkPoEL3KMJxErrb4cwBAPC6twUaoIZny6ZJmY9taYvaivo6JE_133tVdetB4S4PgLBbgpTVhbxSi8vwRniXel0-SEkapDMouh9rApyxalEsCQ827SjpxE8OE9V4CvlYkj9KQD1AlbqvQahUdneaDu99IQ7pr566JyYZHmkLuevl0_1Xw8iZm79j6ZLkJMA5AoUCn2cnx9DHaBD4p5h54dT4TqbSYq7vQ4X5FpwdsNZV5o7Qh9KRDeeK1Aeo_1lbpEP2QDKWYOsHfv8JJg6xYeNUFeSWA1GzqhW45XdEmxNHTLP-rwIZwXuZCokESwxSUmO3RG4u9pzsPSEA0mH0c1hpxJrBBRwA

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#2153883 3-Jan-2019 14:37

tehgerbil:

Found it I think

Silvanid Flat Bark Beetle

Thanks, you nailed it. aka Desjardons beetle.

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#2153884 3-Jan-2019 14:40

fated:

this I think:

https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/what-is-this-bug/bugs-with-legs/6-legs/beetles/desjardins-beetle

Thanks, per above, this is it. Initially we were concerned it might be a form of cockroach, so glad to find out it's just a harmless Aussie. Strange we haven't seen them in earlier years.