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MUSEUM BEETLE FACTS |
Identification
The Museum Beetle is a compact rounded beetle with a small head and a mottled pattern of black and white scales. This beetle is a significant pest infesting stored goods, especially specimens in museum collections where it can be very destructive to animal and insect collections.
Size
adult beetles are 2mm - 2.8mm long
Food
The Museum Beetle feeds on animal material including stored specimens in museums.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Coleoptera | | Family: | Dermestidae | | Genus: | Anthrenus | | Species: | museorum | | Common Name: | Museum Beetle |
Relatives in same Genus
Varied Carpet Beetle (A. verbasci)
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