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Dermestes maculatus
2222_0763 Photo added 2006-04-17

Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
Hide Beetle
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California
March 15, 2006

This is a larva. These beetles are used to remove tissue from specimens being prepared for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology collection.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross