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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 lepidus
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Anthrenus of some kind? - Anthrenus lepidus
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Anthrenus of some kind? - Anthrenus lepidus
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
May 1, 2008
Size: ~3mm
Saw this tiny beetle on Argyranthemum frutescens in our garden. (live oak/chaparral habitat). Possibly the same species as .
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 26 June, 2008 - 7:27pm
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 4:57pm

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… John R. Maxwell, 9 November, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 August, 2008 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

100% Anthrenus
and 100% different from the one you quote. may be a nice one.
you may browse Dermestidae.com but it may be grueling
… v belov, 26 June, 2008 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you v belov
for the reference to Dermestidae.com, after perusing that site, I think this may be Anthrenus lepidus, looks like . I found it on the same plant where I recently found A. verbasci, so I thought it might be another example of the latter.
… Gary McDonald, 26 June, 2008 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
this is Anthrenus lepidus
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… v belov, 9 November, 2008 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

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