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- Beetles in this family are usually small in size. Some resemble
spiders.
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- Larvae are wood borer. They bore into wood or bark of dead trees. Some are
considered as pest of furniture and timber industry.
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- Spider Beetle
 - Ptinus sp., Anobiidae, subfamily Ptininae, body length 2mm
- Photos taken in Karawatha forest during early summer.
- Here we would like to thank Boris
Büche for sending us email and advise the ID of this beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.4 -
Matthews, E.G. 1985, Fig102.
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- Reference:
- 1. Subfamily Ptininae - Spider Beetles - BugGuide.net
- 2. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.4 -
Matthews, E.G. 1985, p11.
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