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Small beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Small beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
March 10, 2007
Size: ~3 mm
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 10 March, 2007 - 7:04pm
Last updated 29 May, 2007 - 3:33am

Moved
Moved from carpet beetles.
… Boris Büche, 29 May, 2007 - 3:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Graham Montgomery, 29 March, 2007 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Anthrenus sp.
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… Jim McClarin, 10 March, 2007 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks. I thought it looked like a carpet beetle, but I found it in grass. Now I look at the Guide page and see it lives there too. Thanks for the ID!
… Graham Montgomery, 19 March, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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