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Buffalo Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae
Copyright © 2007 Ilona Loser

Buffalo Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 1, 2007
I found this tiny beetle in a tulip.

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Buffalo Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae Buffalo Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae
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Contributed by Ilona Loser on 1 May, 2007 - 11:48pm
Last updated 8 March, 2008 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus.
… Ilona Loser, 2 May, 2007 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Ilona Loser, 2 May, 2007 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

nice one!
genus is Anthrenus (Dermestidae).
… Boris Büche, 2 May, 2007 - 3:03am login or register to post comments

 
Anthrenus
Thanks for the ID. I looked at the species photos and think it looks like the species - Buffalo Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae)so have moved the photos to that section.
… Ilona Loser, 2 May, 2007 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

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