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Family Dermestidae - Carpet Beetles

 
 
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Dermestes · Orphilus · Megatominae · Attageninae · Thorictinae

Genus Dermestes
Curious as to what this is - Dermestes Desmestid from beach - Dermestes talpinus carpet beetle - Dermestes talpinus Dermestes Playing Possum 2 - Dermestes talpinus Larder Beetle - Dermestes lardarius Beetle unidentified - Dermestes lardarius 04Jul2017.NP.CB.coleo1 - Dermestes caninus Dermestes talpinus - Female - Dermestes talpinus - female

Genus Orphilus
Nitidulidae? - Orphilus subnitidus Orphilus ater Erichson - Orphilus ater Beetle - Orphilus ater Orphilus subnitidus Micro Beetle on Jamesia americana - Orphilus subnitidus Ptinidae swept from white broidaea - Orphilus subnitidus Small Black Beetle - Orphilus subnitidus Orphilus ater? - Orphilus ater

Subfamily Megatominae
Carpet Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus fuscus Megatoma sp? - Megatoma perversa - male - female Don't think we don't have them in AZ - Anthrenus verbasci Carpet Beetle - Reesa vespulae Tiny Mojave beetle - Trogoderma grassmani Beetle? - Anthrenus coloratus Carpet Beetle - Wasp Nest Dermestid - Reesa vespulae

Subfamily Attageninae
Dermestid? - Attagenus brunneus - male Novelsis horni - Novelsis hornii ID request - Attagenus Beetle? - Attagenus Tiny beetle - Attagenus brunneus Dermestidae Scraptiidae ??? 201003_05423 Dixieland - Novelsis picta Sonora-J.2021.02 - Attagenus rufipennis

Subfamily Thorictinae
Thorictodes heydeni Reitter - Thorictodes heydeni Thorictodes heydeni Reitter - Thorictodes heydeni

 
 
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