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Dermestes frischi
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Dermestes frischi
Venice State Beach, Half Moon Bay County, California, USA
August 4, 2007
Size: 1cm
I'll take more of any specific feature if this isn't enough. Thanks again for the help! Is there anything you'd like me to look for out here or back in Kansas, because I'd be more than happy to send you stuff Jim!


Oh, and I got the ID.. it's Dermestes frischi based on http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html and the California Beetle Project. You can see the tan edging of the pronotum with the slight bulge at the posterior end. The spots on the bottom plates (tergites?) match too, as does the marking on the pygidial plate

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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 5 August, 2007 - 10:45pm
Last updated 6 August, 2007 - 8:25am

moved to new species page.
ID confirmed again.
… Boris Büche, 6 August, 2007 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Excellent!
As for specimens, thank you for the offer, which I will decline. I'm a "bring 'em back alive" sorta guy. In other words, I want to personally collect what I photograph. I enjoy that aspect more than the photography.
… Jim McClarin, 6 August, 2007 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

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