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Variegated carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
-37.7966, 145.301
Field Notes
Description:
A tiny 3 mm dermestid beetle sometimes seen on flowers.
Sometimes seen eating your woolen carpets.
Notes:
I planted this Geraldton Wax bush (Chamelaucium) in my garden to attract some native beetles to its fragrance. Oh well.....
Reference Links:
Varied carpet beetle
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 5, 2013
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