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Help with ID please (Answer: dermestid beetle)

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beruska

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Posted 1 year ago
Sun Jul 10 2011 21:31:29
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Hi everybody,
could you please have a look at this and tell me what it could be? Carpet beetle possibly? Thanks?

http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff444/beruska3/bug2/?action=view&current=IMG_2799.jpg

http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff444/beruska3/bug2/?action=view&current=IMG_2799.jpg#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1236.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff444%2Fberuska3%2Fbug2%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DIMG_2797.jpg
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Posted 1 year ago
Sun Jul 10 2011 21:43:10
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I'm not an expert but I'm 99% sure it's not a bedbug or a carpet beetle
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 0:15:06
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Another non-expert, but not a BB. Sorry but I know nothing about carpet beetles!
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 2:56:24
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A Dermestid beetle, probably Attagenus sp
beruska

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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 9:00:14
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Thank you so much.
Can their larvae cause bite like reaction?
EffeCi

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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 14:11:39
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Sure, as other dermestids do...
beruska

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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 14:19:11
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Thank you EffeCi, as always
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 14:57:17
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It has been a pleasure, as always...;-)
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jul 11 2011 17:47:32
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Just curious about something. Why are there so many posts asking for an ID of a bug, that give the answer in the post title? I like to have a look at it and see if I can identify it correctly. Kinda spoils it for me.