#dermestidae — Public Fediverse posts
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So far there is only one coneflower blooming in the garden. It has attracted hordes of 1) carpet beetles (which feed on pollen as adults); 2) thrips; and 3) minute pirate bugs and 4) whirligig mites, which both eat the thrips.
#bugstodon #insects #beetles #thrips #bugs #arachnids #mites #Coleoptera #Dermestidae #Thysanoptera #Heteroptera #Anthocoridae #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae
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Dermestidae beetles taste for ravaging libraries, museums and wardrobes made them quite unpopular.
At the origin, they lived unnoticed in nature. This Dermestes undulatus Brahm was observed under my forest cover on 1. October 2019
Its antennae end into a 4 segmented club, made out of segments 8 to 11. But 8 is so tiny and well hidden under 9, that its existence is indicated by only a few bristles.