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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Attagenini » Paranovelsis
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Dark Patterned Beetle - Paranovelsis
Copyright © 2013 Ashley Bradford

Dark Patterned Beetle - Paranovelsis
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 6, 2013
Size: 4 mm
Found on my patio in the evening. Reminds me of a carpet beetle, but so dark...

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 27 October, 2013 - 7:45pm
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 3:54pm

Moved
"Paranovelsis, most likely P. aequalis." per Andreas Herrmann
… Mike Quinn, 9 March, 2017 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for that
Those sure do look similar.
… Ashley Bradford, 9 March, 2017 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; must be it, but...
...this is not an area where i could set anyone straight :/

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 October, 2013 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Well
it certainly looks like those others. Thank you! And I *just* made the connection as to why I always find carpet beetle larvae in any animal bones I find and bring home. I am slow sometimes...
… Ashley Bradford, 28 October, 2013 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

Trogoderma glabrum??
v will set me straight
… Brad Barnd, 27 October, 2013 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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