This fuzzy friend (or fiend?) may look innocuous at a glance—but this a carpet beetle, which many ho
This fuzzy friend (or fiend?) may look innocuous at a glance—but this a carpet beetle, which many home owners, collection holders, and bibliophiles know are a bane on natural fibers. These museum pests are especially destructive on anything in a natural history institution, particularly insect collections. This image is from *Bookworms: the Insects of Books* (1985) by Norman Hickin.Call number: Z701 .H54 1985 http://ow.ly/uBnv30k0I6C* * *#kislakcenter #pennlibraries #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram #bookworms #pests #beetle #insect #collector #rarebooks #referencebooks #specialcollections -- source link
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