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Adult Hide Beetle (Dermestes maculatus)
Mummified cadaver, sitting, 1898
Partially decomposed corpse, 2003
Arpad Vass at work, 2004
Studies of the effects of decomposition on exhumed bodies, 1831
Studies of the effects of decomposition on exhumed bodies, 1831
Studies of the effects of decomposition on exhumed bodies, 1831
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Adult Hide Beetle (Dermestes maculatus)
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Upon a View of the Body

Adult Hide Beetle (Dermestes maculatus)
Found worldwide, hide beetles feed on dry remains, hair and skin, weeks to months after death.
Division of Entomology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University