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Photo#47465
carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci

carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
March 24, 2006
Size: ~2mm
Found in my house.
Posing on a toothpick.

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carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci

Moved

Moved
Moved from Anthrenus.

detail
the detail is amazing, very impressive

Heavens, Joyce! Superb images,
but maybe you should toss out that batch of toothpicks. They seem to be attracting all sorts of tiny insects ;-)

 
hahaha
But I like attracting all sorts of tiny insects! Maybe I should get more of these toothpicks.