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Thylodrias contractus
2222_0844 Photo added 2006-08-02

Thylodrias contractus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
Odd Beetle
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Alameda County, California
July 16, 2006

Larva (live). About 1.8mm. See photos of a female and a male (both dead). 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