Thylodrias contractus; Odd Beetle

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Thylodrias contractus; Odd Beetle

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Thylodrias contractus
Odd Beetle

Photographer: Joyce Gross

ID: 1111 1111 2222 0828 (2006-07-21)

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date of photo Jul 20, 2006

location UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley (Alameda County, California, US)

family Dermestidae

order Coleoptera

class Insecta

notes This is a dead male. See photos of a female; male and female are very different. 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-E 65mm macro lens

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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common names Odd Beetle (photographer)

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