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Skin beetle

Dermestidae

Description:

It is black and bronze, it has six legs, skin beetles have mouth parts like grasshoppers and they have pincers, they move by flying and by using their legs and they are very small.

Habitat:

They make their homes inside the nest of birds or other animals and can live in walls or chimneys. The reason why they live inside a nest, inside walls and inside chimneys is because they prefer the dark.

Notes:

They are called skin beetles because they eat off of dead animal skin.

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Spotted on Apr 30, 2020
Submitted on Apr 30, 2020

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