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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) » Anthrenini » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus) » Subgenus Anthrenus (Anthrenus Subgenus Anthrenus) » Bird Nest Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus isabellinus)
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Giant carpet beetle feeding (like a tick) - Anthrenus isabellinus
Copyright © 2010 Sean McVey

Giant carpet beetle feeding (like a tick) - Anthrenus isabellinus
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA
May 30, 2010
It looked like a tick on a persons skin.
Bigger than the varried carpet beetles that invaded my home earlier this spring. Also a different pattern.

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Contributed by Sean McVey on 6 June, 2010 - 9:51am
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 6:53am

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