Parsley and visitors

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leonardturner
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Parsley and visitors

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The parsley plants near my doorstep have produced their tiny white flowers, which look a bit to me like an ornate fireworks display.

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Crop of the image above.

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These two tiny beetles worked (ate) tirelessly during the two days I watched them. Similar but different. Male and female? Differing maturities? I don't know.

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Post by NikonUser »

Certainly the same species, just a colour variation.
Family: Dermestidae Anthrenus verbasci
Adults are pollen feeders; larvae carnivores on dead insects (including those in collections) and moth eggs.
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Post by royalwinchester »

Nice pictures! Those look like the varied carpet beetles I've found around my place. Are they related?

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Yes, same species
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives

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