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Carpet beetle

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4 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice first spotting on Noah - welcome to the Project!

l0c0tez
l0c0tez 11 years ago

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

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years 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 11 years ago

Can anyone identify what this is?

l0c0tez
Spotted by
l0c0tez

Tampa, Florida, USA

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

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