These are larval exuviae (cast skins) of Dermestidae, very probably of the genus Trogoderma. The main synanthropic genera of Dermestidae having larvae with arrow-like hairs (hastisetae) are Trogoderma and Anthrenus. Larvae of Anthrenus don't have, however, a 'tail' of long hairs at the posterior end of the abdomen; tail which is present, instead, in the exuviae of these photos. Regards,
Rinaldo Nicoli
These are larval exuviae (cast skins) of Dermestidae, very probably of the genus Trogoderma. The main synanthropic genera of Dermestidae having larvae with arrow-like hairs (hastisetae) are Trogoderma and Anthrenus. Larvae of Anthrenus don't have, however, a 'tail' of long hairs at the posterior end of the abdomen; tail which is present, instead, in the exuviae of these photos. Regards,
Rinaldo Nicoli
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