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Dermestidae
(redirected from Dermestid Beetle)

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Noun1.Dermestidae - carpet beetles
family Dermestidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles
carpet beetle, carpet bug - small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
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He called the other day to find out where a taxidermist might be located that uses dermestid beetles to clean skulls.
Instant answers: to get the most out of modern hunting, learn to use ... by Samuel, Dave / Bowhunter
I take the bones to the ROM, where I finish the processing, sometimes putting them in the ROM's infamous "bug room," where a colony of dermestid beetles cleans the bones by consuming every last morsel of flesh.
Fishful thinking: one paleontologist explains how an important ROM ... by Seymour, Kevin / ROM Magazine
Dan notes that bird skeletons did not become a standard part of museum collections until the 1930's with the use of dermestid beetles to clean the delicate skeletons; he thinks that skeletons have been underutilized in systematic research.
Jackson Dan Webster: a life in the field by Karns, Daryl R. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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