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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Dermestes » subgenus Dermestinus (Dermestes subgenus Dermestinus) » Dermestes caninus
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Dermestes talpinus - Hide and Tallow Dermestid? - Dermestes caninus
Copyright © 2013 Betsy Betros

Dermestes talpinus - Hide and Tallow Dermestid? - Dermestes caninus
Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
May 7, 2013
Size: ~8mm
On raccoon carcass.

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Dermestes talpinus - Hide and Tallow Dermestid? - Dermestes caninus Dermestes talpinus - Hide and Tallow Dermestid? - Dermestes caninus
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Contributed by Betsy Betros on 23 May, 2013 - 1:16pm
Last updated 8 March, 2014 - 7:15am

ID confirmed by Andreas Herrmann
Moved from subgenus Dermestinus.
… v belov, 8 March, 2014 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dermestes.
… v belov, 6 March, 2014 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

female... not sure which one, might be D. caninus
take ventral shots of more individuals -- males have small median boldish spots on penultimate abdominal sterna, e.g.:

Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… v belov, 23 May, 2013 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'll look for some more. I've seen the larvae as well.
… Betsy Betros, 24 May, 2013 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

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