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Carpet Beetles? - Anthrenus lepidus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Carpet Beetles? - Anthrenus lepidus
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
July 9, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2005 - 9:49pm
Last updated 18 May, 2007 - 2:51am

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus.
good agreement with an image on specialist´s webpage (linked in species info).
… Boris Büche, 18 May, 2007 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

Yep
looks like Dermestidae to me!
… Guy A. Hanley, 21 July, 2005 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Looks like a species of Anthrenus we haven't seen yet on Bugguide.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 July, 2005 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for all the help again. I need it even more on these western species.
… tom murray, 21 July, 2005 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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