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CARPET BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Other common names include _
Buffalo moth/bug
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known to cause _ in humans
dermatitis
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size = # to 1/8 inch
1/16
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size = 1/16 to # inch
1/8
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_ in shape
oval
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Body _, with pattern of whitish and orange/red scales
black
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Body black, with pattern of _ and orange/red scales
whitish
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Body black, with pattern of whitish and _ scales
orang/red
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Head more or less _ from above; compound eyes notched along inner margin; with a median ocellus
concealed
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Head more or less concealed from above; _ eyes notched along inner margin; with a median ocellus
compound
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Head more or less concealed from above; compound eyes notched along inner margin; with a median _
ocellus
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Antenna _ , with 3-segmented, compact club, club with segment 1 distinctly shorter than 2.
short
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Antenna short, with #-segmented, compact club, club with segment 1 distinctly shorter than 2.
3 segmented
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Antenna short, with 3-segmented, _ club, club with segment 1 distinctly shorter than 2.
compact
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Antenna short, with 3-segmented, compact club, club with _ distinctly shorter than 2.
segment 1
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Antenna short, with 3-segmented, compact club, club with segment 1 distinctly _ than 2.
shorter
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Antenna short, with 3-segmented, compact club, club with segment 1 distinctly shorter than _
segment 2
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Larvae up to _ inch long; stout, widest posteriorly.
1/4 inch
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Larvae up to 1/4 inch long; _, widest posteriorly.
stout
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Larvae up to 1/4 inch long; stout, widest _
posteriorly
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Color _ _, covered with blackish and/or brown hairs (setae)
reddish brown
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Color reddish brown, covered with _ and/or brown hairs (setae)
blackish
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Color reddish brown, covered with blackish and/or _ hairs (setae)
brown
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Color reddish brown, covered with blackish and/or brown hairs (_)
setae
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damage = Fabrics typically have extensive _ damage and irregular holes here and there
surface
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damage = Fabrics typically have extensive surface damage and irregular _ here and there
holes
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damage = in _ tacked to the floor, they often eat slits following the floor cracks
carpets
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damage = in carpets tacked to the floor, they often eat _ following the floor cracks
slits
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damage = in carpets tacked to the floor, they often eat slits following the _
floor cracks
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damage = _ _ _ have mostly the tips of hairs damaged, leaving uneven areas.
furs and brushes
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damage = Furs and brushes have mostly the _ _ _ damaged, leaving uneven areas.
tips of hairs
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damage = Furs and brushes have mostly the tips of hairs damaged, leaving _ _.
uneven areas
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damage = With museum insect specimens, the accumulation of fine powder/frass beneath the
specimen is often the only indication of an infestation
museum
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damage = With museum insect specimens, the accumulation of fine powder/frass beneath the
specimen is often the only indication of an infestation
fine power/frass
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damage = With museum insect specimens, the accumulation of fine powder/frass beneath the
specimen is often the only indication of an _
infestation
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damage = Larval _ are often present
larval caste/molt
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damage = Frass/droppings are _ (0.25 mm or less in diameter), irregular in form, and often the color of the material being eaten.
very small
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damage = Frass/droppings are very small (0.25 mm or less in diameter), _ in form, and often the color of the material being eaten.
irregular
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damage = Frass/droppings are very small (0.25 mm or less in diameter), irregular in form, and often the color of _
the material being eaten
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Females lay 30-60 whitish eggs on/in larval food material, typically during MONTH and June
May
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Females lay 30-60 whitish eggs on/in larval food material, typically during May and MONTH
June
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as larvae which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second winter as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
unheated structures
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about _% overwinter as larvae which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second winter as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
25%
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as _ which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second winter as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
larvae
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as larvae which feed again in SUMMER,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second winter as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
spring
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as larvae which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the SUMMER or pass the second winter as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
summer
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as larvae which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second SEASON as quiescent adults in the old larval skins
winter
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Outdoors or in unheated structures, about 25% overwinter as larvae which feed again in spring,
and then either pupate in the summer or pass the second winter as _ _ in the old larval skins
quiescent adults
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In _ _, adults may be active throughout the winter and the following spring
heated structures
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In heated structures, adults may be active throughout the SEASON and the following spring
winter
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In heated structures, adults may be active throughout the winter and the following SEASON
spring
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One case of _ (_ _) is known from a several-year occupation of an infested dwelling
dermatitis (skin inflammation)
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_ of large quantities of the larval spearheaded hairs (hastisetae) may cause pulmonary irritation
Inhalation
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Inhalation of large quantities of the larval _ _ (hastisetae) may cause pulmonary irritation
larval spearheaded hairs
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Inhalation of large quantities of the larval spearheaded hairs (_) may cause pulmonary irritation
hastisetae
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Inhalation of large quantities of the larval spearheaded hairs (hastisetae) may cause _ _
pulmonary irritation
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feed on a wide variety of _
animal and plant materials
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Their favored foods are _, clothing, and textiles.
carpets
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Their favored foods are carpets, _, and textiles.
clothing
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Their favored foods are carpets, clothing, and _
textiles
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On _, larvae surface graze but often make irregular holes
fabrics
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On fabrics, larvae _ _ but often make irregular holes
surface graze
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On fabrics, larvae surface graze but often make _ _
irregular holes
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On _ and _, they damage mostly the tips leaving uneven areas
furst and bristles
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On furs and bristles, they damage mostly the _ leaving uneven areas
tips
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On furs and bristles, they damage mostly the tips leaving _ _
uneven areas
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On _ _, they typically feed internally and the accumulation of
fine powder/frass beneath the specimen is usually the only indication of their presence
dead insects
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On dead insects, they typically feed _ and the accumulation of
fine powder/frass beneath the specimen is usually the only indication of their presence
internally
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On dead insects, they typically feed internally and the accumulation of
_ beneath the specimen is usually the only indication of their presence
fine powder/frass
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On dead insects, they typically feed internally and the accumulation of
fine powder/frass _ the specimen is usually the only indication of their presence
beneath
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Adults are typically found _ May through July on flowers
outdoors
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Adults are typically found outdoors MONTH through July on flowers
May
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Adults are typically found outdoors May through MONTH on flowers
July
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Adults are typically found outdoors May through July on _
flowers
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_ are typically found outdoors May through July on flowers
Adults
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Adults are typically found outdoors May through July on flowers
They feed on _ and _, and _
pollen and nectar, and mate
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nectar and pollen are necessary to stimulate _
ovipostion
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_ and _ are necessary to stimulate oviposition
nectar and pollen
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Outdoors they have been found in the nests of _
chipmunks, birds, bees, in insect galleries, and on dead animals including birds
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The _ are quite diverse and may include obscure or unused places...
rodent bait left in attics, crawl spaces, or basements
primary breeding areas
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The primary breeding areas are quite diverse and may include obscure or unused places...
_ left in attics, crawl spaces, or basements
rodent bait
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Adults fly during the _. They are commonly brought indoors on cut flowers.
Active larvae tend to run rather than crawl.
daytime
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Adults fly during the daytime. They are commonly brought indoors on _.
Active larvae tend to run rather than crawl.
cut flowers
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CARPET BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Adults fly during the daytime. They are commonly brought indoors on cut flowers.
Active larvae tend to _
run rather than crawl
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control = Ask the customer about both current and past occurrences of flies in the winter,
ladybird beetles, rodent problems, birds nesting on/in the building, etc.
flies
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control = Ask the customer about both current and past occurrences of flies in the SEASON,
ladybird beetles, rodent problems, birds nesting on/in the building, etc.
winter
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control = _ may be treated with heat and/or cold if applicable or fumigants
museum collections
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