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BeetlesFlat Bark Beetle?
I found this guy crawling around my bedroom carpet today, and scolded him because he is most certainly not a carpet beetle! Is he a flat bark beetle? Don’t worry, after I took a picture of him in the jar, I let him go on a tree.
Thanks!
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth,
Nice job identifying your Red Flat Bark Beetle, Cucujus clavipes. They are often found beneath the bark of felled ash and poplar trees where they hunt for small arthropods.
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