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Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

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Description:

Tiny (3-4 mm) bug

Habitat:

City

1 Species ID Suggestions

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jeslowery
jeslowery 9 years ago
Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci Varied carpet beetle


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3 Comments

jeslowery
jeslowery 9 years ago

Cool, that's what I thought.

Ioannis
Ioannis 9 years ago

Thank you jeslowery for the suggestion. I checked an identification key with my photos full magnified and it appears it is the Anthrenus verbasci and not the Trogoderma.

jeslowery
jeslowery 9 years ago

Could also be a Khapra Beetle (another variety of carpet beetle) Trogoderma granarium. From India, but invasive in a lot of other parts of the world.

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Ioannis
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Île-de-France, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Feb 26, 2015
Submitted on Feb 26, 2015

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