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minute beetle - Trogoderma variabile
Copyright © 2013 Matthew Kenne

minute beetle - Trogoderma variabile
Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA
February 28, 2013
Size: approx 2.5 mm
Found crawling on wall inside house last weekend- not one I've seen inside before.

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minute beetle - Trogoderma variabile minute beetle - Trogoderma variabile
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Contributed by Matthew Kenne on 28 February, 2013 - 8:28pm
Last updated 6 March, 2017 - 6:58pm

Trogoderma, prob. T. variabile --det. A. Herrmann
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… v belov, 6 March, 2013 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

Sorry...
I got frustrated trying to get decent images with my old point-and-shoot hand-held though an antique microscope and finally tossed the little critter. These were the best I got(and you should probably toss these as well).
… Matthew Kenne, 5 March, 2013 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
but i grew liking it... almost attached to... :/
by all means, try taking more pics of it should you see another [which you most probably will, since the population has made itself comfortable on your premises]
… v belov, 5 March, 2013 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

could you pleeease add a sharp closeup of an antenna?
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 5 March, 2013 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Trogoderma or close kin
edit: well, not sure now...
… v belov, 28 February, 2013 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

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