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Thylodrias contractus
2222_0827 Photo added 2006-07-21

Thylodrias contractus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
Odd Beetle
UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, Alameda County, California
July 20, 2006

This is a dead female. See photos of a male; 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.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross