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Dermestid - Attagenus pellio - female
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Dermestid - Attagenus pellio - Female
Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
May 20, 2015
Size: 4.6mm
Could this be Attagenus pellio?

Specimen deposited in MFDC private collection.

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Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 30 September, 2021 - 5:25pm
Last updated 21 July, 2022 - 8:17am

Moved tentatively, good call
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 30 September, 2021 - 5:28pm

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