Brown And Black Carpet Beetle

The beetle belongs to the family scarabaeidae and is also referred to as a scarab beetle.

Brown and black carpet beetle.

There are three types of carpet beetles the varied carpet beetles the black carpet beetles and the furniture carpet beetle. Their larvae are grublike and covered with hairs. Varied carpet beetles are black with white brown and yellow scales while furniture carpet beetles are black with white brown yellow and orange scales. As the carpet beetle grows its diet changes it starts consuming pollen and nectar from plants.

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. These small dark colored beetles are an invasive pest in many homes. Their larvae can chew through fabric damaging clothing furniture coverings and carpets.

They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange. A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies. Colder environments delay hatching times to between 15 and 20 days. Immature carpet beetles feed on dried animal products like wool felt hair fur feathers dead animals stuffed trophy heads etc.

Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and. Adult beetles have different sizes and colors but most are between one tenth of an inch and three sixteenths of an inch long. The larvae grow to 7 mm 0 28 in in length are reddish brown in colour and covered with bristles. The adults are 1 16 to 1 8 inch long and oval shaped.

Wikispecies has information related to black carpet beetle the black carpet beetle attagenus unicolor is a 3 5 millimetre long 0 12 0 20 in beetle that can be a serious household pest. Also called the unicorn beetle the rhinoceros beetle xyloryctes jamaicensis is a large black or dark brown harmless beetle. There are nearly 200 species of carpet beetles in the subfamily attageninae. 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.

Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. One of the identifying features of these large beetles is the single horn on their heads. The common name of the beetle species attagenus unicolor is black carpet beetle.

In warm environments eggs hatch into larvae within six to 12 days.