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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) » varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
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what is it? - Anthrenus verbasci
Copyright © 2006 Albert jo

what is it? - Anthrenus verbasci
burnaby, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Size: 3mm
found them on flowers
very small and every individuals have different markings on their body.

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what is it? - Anthrenus verbasci what is it? - Anthrenus verbasci
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Contributed by Albert jo on 20 May, 2006 - 1:23pm
Last updated 29 May, 2007 - 3:25am

Moved
Moved from furniture carpet beetle.
… Boris Büche, 29 May, 2007 - 3:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus.
… Jim McClarin, 8 February, 2007 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved to guide
I especially like this one with your finger for scale - we're liable to forget how tiny these things are when we see them in macro so often.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 May, 2006 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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on other image. But let me say here that the colored scales of dermestids wear off easily. Just a little abrasive handling and a handsomely marked beetle can be all or mostly black.
… Jim McClarin, 20 May, 2006 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

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