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Black Carpet Beetle

Attagenus unicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 5, February 5, March 8, April 16, May 30, June 14, July 11, August 10, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States462
Canada183
Ontario127
Kentucky100
Michigan94
New York50
Illinois40
California37
Russia26
Indiana23

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
GenusBlack Carpet Beetles · Attagenus

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