Brown And Black Carpet Beetle

Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics.

Brown and black carpet beetle.

Their larvae are grublike and covered with hairs. Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and. The black carpet beetle adult is larger a solid dark brown or dull black color and shaped more like a long oval than the varied carpet beetle photo at top of page. The carpet beetles never bite or destroy anything it is their young ones you should blame.

As the carpet beetle grows its diet changes it starts consuming pollen and nectar from plants. They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange. Varied carpet beetles are black with white brown and yellow scales while furniture carpet beetles are black with white brown yellow and orange scales. Immature carpet beetles feed on dried animal products like wool felt hair fur feathers dead animals stuffed trophy heads etc.

The larvae grow to 7 mm 0 28 in in length are reddish brown in colour and covered with bristles. Their larvae can chew through fabric damaging clothing furniture coverings and carpets. In warm environments eggs hatch into larvae within six to 12 days. Colder environments delay hatching times to between 15 and 20 days.

Also called the unicorn beetle the rhinoceros beetle xyloryctes jamaicensis is a large black or dark brown harmless beetle. A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies. There are nearly 200 species of carpet beetles in the subfamily attageninae. Adult carpet beetles range in color.

The beetle belongs to the family scarabaeidae and is also referred to as a scarab beetle. The adults are small 1 16 to 1 8 inch oval shaped beetles ranging in color from black to various mottled patterns of white brown yellow and orange. One of the identifying features of these large beetles is the single horn on their heads. Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color.

These small dark colored beetles are an invasive pest in many homes. There are three types of carpet beetles the varied carpet beetles the black carpet beetles and the furniture carpet beetle. Adult beetles have different sizes and colors but most are between one tenth of an inch and three sixteenths of an inch long. They may look mottled with black brown and white or be solid black depending on the species.

Varied carpet beetles and furniture carpet beetles have multi colored scales as adults.