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n. - Carpet beetles.

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  • Among the many arthropods we share our home with are dermestid, or carpet, beetles Coleoptera: Dermestidae.
  • It belongs to a family of beetles known as the Dermestidae.
  • It is sometimes called a Warehouse Beetle and is a member of the family Dermestidae that includes many household pests including Carpet Beetles.
  • (methoprene) on growth and reproduction of Trogoderma glabrum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae).
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