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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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8005201 Dermestid - Anthrenus fuscus
Copyright © 2008 Rob Curtis

8005201 Dermestid - Anthrenus fuscus
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 23, 2008
Size: ~1/8"
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 24 June, 2008 - 12:00am
Last updated 27 October, 2008 - 6:38am

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
I concur with the ID given.
… Boris Büche, 27 October, 2008 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

Anthrenus (Helocerus) cf. fuscus
i'm pretty sure; pls move to genus
… v belov, 24 June, 2008 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

Anthrenus sp
looks intriguing
… v belov, 24 June, 2008 - 4:52am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Yes, it 'is' intriguing; not so sure it is Anthrenus which, in my experience, are much more round in the dorsal aspect.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2008 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
'much more round'
--that's exactly why this one is worth attn; yet i'm sure it's an Anthrenus. See, e.g., Tom Murray's A.fuscus pic here and one really elongated here
… v belov, 24 June, 2008 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Rob Curtis, 24 June, 2008 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

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