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Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus museorum
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus museorum
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, USA
July 22, 2009
Size: 2.4mm
Found on flowers out in a field.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 July, 2009 - 1:00pm
Last updated 27 July, 2009 - 10:44am

from Andreas Hermann:
"the specimen belongs to the subgenus Florilinus, not Helocerus. Most likely, A. museorum"

Moved from Anthrenus fuscus.
… v belov, 27 July, 2009 - 10:44am

A. fuscus
It looks right.
… tom murray, 25 July, 2009 - 1:44pm

Anthrenus ?fuscus
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… v belov, 25 July, 2009 - 1:04pm

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