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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus) » Subgenus Nathrenus (Anthrenus Subgenus Nathrenus) » Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
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Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
Copyright © 2011 Mike Jennings

Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
April 22, 2011
Size: 3mm
Interesting that of all the plants currently in flower in the yard only this one is beloved of this beetle.

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Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Polllen or flower beetle? - Anthrenus verbasci
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Contributed by Mike Jennings on 25 April, 2011 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Jennings, 25 April, 2011 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

See my comment
on the submission that came in just before yours. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 April, 2011 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Quite a coincidence
I never thought of looking at the carpet beetles. Thanks Ken
… Mike Jennings, 25 April, 2011 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

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