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Carpet beetle





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4 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 8 months ago

nice first spotting on Noah - welcome to the Project!

l0c0tez
l0c0tez 10 months ago

Thanks. I looked it up and it definitely a carpet beetle.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 months ago

This is a species of carpet beetle. I am not sure exactly which species as there are a couple that look similar. This might help:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/11210/bgpa...

I think it looks like either an Asian Carpet Beetle or a Varied Carpet Beetle (my best guess).

l0c0tez
l0c0tez 10 months ago

Can anyone identify what this is?

Tampa, Florida, USA

Lat: 27.95, Long: -82.46

Spotted on Jul 19, 2012
Submitted on Jul 19, 2012

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