Anthrenus

If I am not mistaken, it is Anthrenus flavipes, the furniture carpet beetle correct me if I am wrong.

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-- Russian tallow in saucers, oil of birch, flowers of sulphur, hellebore, pepper, tobacco, are said to be "bogies," the last especially, to the Dermestes beetles and their cousin, Anthrenus museorum.

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

Persian insect powder would probably prove unavailing as a remedy against the ravages of the new carpet beetle (_Anthrenus_), W.L. Carpenter, of the U.S.A., was led to institute some experiments with this well known insecticide, the results of which he communicates to the current number of the _Naturalist_.

Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Various

Another is known as 'Buffalo Bug,' or 'Carpet Bug,' or the _Anthrenus varius_ of scientists.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905

Three undertakers, all members of the Beetle tribe, a Clerus, a Ptinus and an Anthrenus, batten on these remains.

The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The larvae of the Anthrenus and the Ptinus gnaw the ashes of the corpses; the larva of the Clerus, with the black head and the rest of its body a pretty pink, appeared to me to be breaking into the old jam-pots filled with rancid honey.

The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Anthrenus verbasci, also known as carpet beetles, are highly destructive and difficult to control.

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