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Undertaker Carpet Beetle

Reesa vespulae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 38, February 28, March 44, April 69, May 99, June 108, July 116, August 99, September 73, October 55, November 30, December 23.
United States853
Alaska781
Canada136
Saskatchewan46
Finland32
Russia32
British Columbia29
California23
Alberta20
Oregon19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilySkin Beetles · Dermestidae
GenusReesa

Sources

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