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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Dermestes » subgenus Dermestinus (Dermestes subgenus Dermestinus) » Dermestes caninus
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Black and gray beetle - Dermestes caninus
Copyright © 2009 Carol Davis

Black and gray beetle - Dermestes caninus
Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, USA
September 16, 2009
Size: about 3/8 to 1/2 inch
This was on the other side of a cement wall so I had to hang over it to get the shot. Sorry I couldn't get the head or the side. Can anyone ID it from the pattern? (Thanks to "v" for the ID)
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 16 September, 2009 - 7:44pm
Last updated 8 January, 2012 - 4:15pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Dermestes.
… v belov, 8 January, 2012 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 16 September, 2009 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Dermestes, prob. caninus
underside would help a lot
… v belov, 16 September, 2009 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

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