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Thylodrias contractus
Thylodrias contractus
Odd Beetle
Photographer: Joyce Gross

ID: 1111 1111 2222 0844 (2006-08-02)

Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 16, 2006
  • location   Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley (Alameda County, California, US)
  • family Dermestidae
  • order Coleoptera
  • class Insecta
  • notes   Larva (live). About 1.8mm. See photos of a female and a male (both dead). Males and females are very different from each other. Found on bird specimens brought to the museum from another collection. The bird skins were pretty well eaten by these beetles.
  • camera   Canon 20D; MP-E65mm macro lens
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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  • common names   Odd Beetle (photographer)
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