Ctesias serra

Ctesias serra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dermestidae
Subfamily:	Megatominae
Genus:	Ctesias
Species:	C. serra
Binomial name
Ctesias serra (Fabricius, 1792)

Ctesias serra, commonly known as the cobweb beetle, is a species of beetle native to England in the family Dermestidae.

The common name relates to the habit of the larva of taking trapped insects from spiderwebs.[1]

The preferred habitat is beneath old thick bark.[2]

Ctesias serra larva

References

1. Barnard, Peter C. (2011). The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1444344967.
2. Collins, N.M. (1991). The Conservation of Insects and Their Habitats. Academic Press. p. 180. ISBN 0323149308.