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Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus fuscus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus fuscus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 28, 2006
Size: 2.1 mm
I keep collecting carpet beetles, hoping to find different species. I think this one that I found dangling live from a strand of spider web might qualify, or so its markings would suggest.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 June, 2006 - 6:01pm
Last updated 8 November, 2008 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 8 November, 2008 - 5:49pm

Anthrenus fuscus (Andreas Herrmann det.)
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… v belov, 8 November, 2008 - 2:55pm

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus flavipes.
… Boris Büche, 18 May, 2007 - 2:58am

not flavipes
. . . because pattern different, and scales almost circular (elongate in flavipes). No idea on species.
… Boris Büche, 18 May, 2007 - 2:20am

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus.
… Jim McClarin, 8 February, 2007 - 1:53pm

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