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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus) » Unidentified Larvae (Anthrenus Unidentified Larvae)
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lightbulb gourmet - Anthrenus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

lightbulb gourmet - Anthrenus
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 11, 2006
Size: 2 mm approx.
This little dermestid larva was there enjoying my lightbulb insect harvest. He had a little competition there from some 1mm-long booklice I hope he matures so I can match him with an adult photo. When I first spotted him, he was trying to walk in a headstand position caused by the static charge in the polyethylene sandwich container containing the bug duff.

Millimeter marks are visible through bottom of container.

Beatriz Moisset has suggested unlinking the images in this set and including them instead as thumbnails:

Frankly, I think it is a distinction without a difference since each thumb is clickable and looks very much like the thumbs below, which I have left in place for the purpose of comparison.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 January, 2006 - 3:48pm
Last updated 29 June, 2010 - 9:49pm

Moved
Moved from Active search and collection equipment and techniques.
… Jim McClarin, 29 June, 2010 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from unidentified larvae.
… Jim McClarin, 28 June, 2010 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
???
This makes no sense here. It should be in Anthrenus. This wouldn't happen if these images had been unlinked the way it should be.
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 June, 2010 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Please see above,
compare, and comment. As I explain above, I have not unlinked them so you can see how your suggestion compares with the original.
… Jim McClarin, 29 June, 2010 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
...
Frequently, things linked as "same specimen" get moved accidentally to the wrong place along with the rest of the images when the "tag all" is used. That is exactly what happened here and that is why I suggested unlinking them as such. This has been mentioned many times after such unnecessary moves take place.
A couple of examples on how to link images of related specimens here and here.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 July, 2010 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 January, 2010 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 10 September, 2007 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles. Hope you don't mind this being moved to family level.
… Brad Barnd, 10 September, 2007 - 1:17am login or register to post comments

 
Since posting this series
I've learned that elements of a series can be posted in different locations without unlinking images, so I think I'll move some of the others as well. This image can go all the way to genus Anthrenus.
… Jim McClarin, 10 September, 2007 - 4:54am login or register to post comments

 
Linking
It still would make more sense if they were unlinked as "same individual". You could use the [thumb#] function instead if you wanted to show that they were found in the same place; although location seems rather irrelevant; it doesn't really show habitat or some natural interaction between all these beetles.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 June, 2010 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

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