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Table 1 Insects allocated to types and total number of individual species found in traps in order of abundance; where a species is not defined, it is shown in parenthesis

From: Statistics of insect catch within historic properties

EH order

Common Name

Latin name

Found

21

Booklice

Liposcelis bostrychophila

65622

22

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina

23548

23

Woodlice

(Porcellio spp.)

12163

16

Plaster beetle

Lathridiidae

6351

10

Woolly bear(l)

(Anthrenus spp.)

5701

9

Varied carpet beetle(a)

Anthrenus verbasci

1137

4

Webbing clothes moth(a)

Tineola bisselliella

882

1

Brown house moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

807

13

Two spot carpet or fur beetle(l)

Attagenus pellio

622

17

Wood weevil

Pentarthrum and Euophryum

540

3

Case bearing clothes moth(l)

Tinea pellionella

532

14

Biscuit beetle

Stegobium paniceum

508

8

Furniture beetle

Anobium punctatum

504

2

Case bearing clothes moth(a)

Tinea pellionella

473

24

Mealworm

Tenebrio molitor

419

6

White shouldered house moth

Endrosis sarcitrella

405

7

Deathwatch beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum

261

12

Two spot carpet or fur beetle(a)

Attagenus pellio

229

5

Webbing clothes moth(l)

Tineola bisselliella

195

19

Golden spider beetle

Niptus hololeucus

194

20

White marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

184

11

Guernsey Carpet beetle

Anthrenus sarnicus

108

18

Australian spider beetle

Ptinus tectus

67

15

Hide or leather beetle

(Dermestes spp.)

63

25

Other

 

21806

  1. English Heritage lists the insects in the order noted by the numbers as a rough assignment of their importance.
  2. Note: (a) adults (l) larvae.