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Ladybird Beetle? - Anthrenus verbasci
Copyright © 2006 Perry Babin

Ladybird Beetle? - Anthrenus verbasci
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Size: ~3mm
Similar to ladybird beetles but it was smaller and the markings were somewhat different in that the spots didn't have sharp edges.

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Ladybird Beetle? - Anthrenus verbasci Ladybird Beetle? - Anthrenus verbasci
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Contributed by Perry Babin on 18 November, 2006 - 5:09pm
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

Great images too!
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 18 November, 2006 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Anthrenus
Not a Ladybird beetle, but a Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae). Here it is a Anthrenus sp..
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 18 November, 2006 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I would not have looked there.
… Perry Babin, 18 November, 2006 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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