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title: "Skórnik słoniniec"
description: "Dermestes lardarius — Owady i pająki. Dermestes lardarius, commonly known as the larder beetle or moisture bug, is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/larder-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Skórnik słoniniec

> Dermestes lardarius — Owady i pająki. Dermestes lardarius, commonly known as the larder beetle or moisture bug, is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles.

- Scientific name: *Dermestes lardarius*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 9560
- Wikidata: [Q1084680](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084680)
- iNaturalist taxon: [131076](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/131076)

## Names

- en: Larder Beetle
- de: Gemeiner Speckkäfer
- fr: Dermeste du lard
- nl: Gewone spekkever
- pl: Skórnik słoniniec

## Countries with the most observations

US (4013), CA (2088), RU (493), FI (465), DK (222), DE (194), SE (116), AT (110), GB (103), PL (103), LT (72), FR (69)

## Summary

Dermestes lardarius, commonly known as the larder beetle or moisture bug, is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. It is found worldwide. It is a common pest of households and storage facilities ("larders") in much of the world. It eats animal products, such as dried meats and fish, pet food, skins and hides, feathers, cheese, and museum specimens such as dried insects. It may also eat plant material that is high in protein, such as grain.
The larva is longer than the adult and is covered in reddish brown or black setae. It has two back-curved, spine-like appendages on the posterior end…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestes_lardarius

## Photo

![Skórnik słoniniec](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/larder-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mardon Erbland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301944985

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/larder-beetle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).