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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)
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unknown arthropod
Copyright © 2009 marcie oconnor

unknown arthropod
on a cement retaining wall next to our house, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: about 1/2 inch long
Anyone know what this is?
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Contributed by marcie oconnor on 4 June, 2009 - 1:14pm
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 1:17am

carpet beetle larva
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… v belov, 4 June, 2009 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
carpet beetle larva
Thank you! That certainly looks like what it is. I hope it's been feeding on outside things, rather than the carpets in my house!
… marcie oconnor, 4 June, 2009 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
feeding most likely on dry arthropod remains
but every single house has a carpet beetle population anyway as long is it's inhabited -- by humans or otherwise
… v belov, 4 June, 2009 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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