Black carpet beetle adult and larvae.
Common house baby carpet beetle larvae.
Anthrenus anthrenus scrophulariae also known as the common carpet beetle or buffalo carpet beetle is a species of beetle originally found in europe the middle east and the nearctic which has now spread to most of the world adult beetles feed on pollen and nectar but the larvae feed on animal fibres and can be damaging pests to carpets fabrics and museum specimens.
Carpet beetles are a common pest that can be found in most residential homes.
It is the larva or immature stage of these insects that cause damage to fabrics fur feathers or virtually anything made of animal fibers.
The adults fly and some are attracted to lights and windows making.
It grows up to 5 mm in length.
They have an elongated body which is covered in hair or large setae.
The larvae of carpet beetles are referred to as woolly bears.
The hair is organized in a way that it forms a combination of dark and light patches.
Adult carpet beetles do not damage fabrics.
The other three though about the same size will have a variety of different wing color patterns and are somewhat more oval in shape.
Carpet beetles go through complete metamorphosis which includes egg larvae crawling stage.
Carpet mites although you may see the terms carpet mites and carpet beetles used interchangeably these two pests are actually quite different.
The larva of the carpet beetle is covered in visible thick brown stripes.
They feed outdoors on pollen or not at all.
They belong to a skin beetle family known as dermestidae.
The adult black carpet beetle is black in color and oblong shaped and ranges in size from 1 8 up to 3 16 in length.
Carpet beetles are common pests of fabrics.