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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) » Dermestes » Fringed Larder Beetle (Dermestes frischii)
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hairy beetle - Dermestes frischii
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

hairy beetle - Dermestes frischii
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 24, 2008
Size: 10mm
Found under a rock.

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Contributed by tom murray on 24 March, 2008 - 8:21pm
Last updated 26 March, 2008 - 3:50pm

Thanks Jim and Boris
Moved from Dermestes.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2008 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

I do not oppose
this being frischi!
… Boris Büche, 25 March, 2008 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

Yes, it does.
That species is listed for NH. However, I don't see the tan area on the underside that Will Chatfield-Taylor mentions on his specimen. It does have the tan spot on the rear of the pronotum though.
… Jim McClarin, 25 March, 2008 - 5:00am login or register to post comments

Thanks Jim
The large size of this beetle didn't make me think of a carpet beetle. I'll take an underside shot and post it with these. Maybe this can be identified to a species. It looks a lot like D. frischi to me.
… tom murray, 24 March, 2008 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Dermestes
At first I was puzzled by the tight antennal club but I then figured the antennae were pointed somewhat upward, making the clubs appear more compact than they are. The underside probably has less hair missing.
… Jim McClarin, 24 March, 2008 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

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