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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus) » Anthrenus fuscus
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Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus fuscus
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus fuscus
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
May 5, 2007
Anthrenus, not sure what species.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 1 January, 2008 - 7:29pm
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 2:46pm

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 December, 2008 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Anthrenus fuscus, i believe
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… v belov, 9 November, 2008 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

American wildlife!
I can tell this does not look like one of the household cosmopolites . . .
… Boris Büche, 2 January, 2008 - 4:38am login or register to post comments

 
I've never seen this pattern before.
I found no close match at dermestidae.com. Can it possibly be some unusual pattern varient of a more common species?
… Stephen Luk, 2 January, 2008 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
unusual pattern?
Maybe. But seems unlikely to me, most European species are much less variable.
Dermestidae.com has but 2/3 of the American species . . .
… Boris Büche, 3 January, 2008 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

 
2/3 is a lot of
North American species unaccounted for. But I guess that's to be expected, since it's a European site after all, and its focus would be more European species though it's "Dermestidae of the world".
… Stephen Luk, 3 January, 2008 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
2/3 is pretty good!
And beyond expectations for a privatly held site. I know of no site showing a larger proportion of any beetles family world-wide representation. I personally know the owner, and he can only show what he has in his collection, or what was submitted for ID, or what is present in museums he already visited. Sure his contacts are in Europe mainly . . .
… Boris Büche, 6 January, 2008 - 5:05am login or register to post comments

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