Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Museum Beetle



I have previously featured the Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) on this blog but never the slightly smaller Museum Beetle (Anthrenus museorum) which I found today on a Mock Orange flower. This is a pest of museum collections where its larvae feed on materials containing chitin and keratin such as dried specimens.

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