Brown And Black Carpet Beetle

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.

Brown and black carpet beetle.

A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies. These small dark colored beetles are an invasive pest in many homes. One of the identifying features of these large beetles is the single horn on their heads. Varied carpet beetles are black with white brown and yellow scales while furniture carpet beetles are black with white brown yellow and orange scales.

Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and. Colder environments delay hatching times to between 15 and 20 days. Their larvae can chew through fabric damaging clothing furniture coverings and carpets. Adult carpet beetles range in color.

The common name of the beetle species attagenus unicolor is black carpet beetle. The carpet beetles never bite or destroy anything it is their young ones you should blame. Their larvae are grublike and covered with hairs. 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.

Immature carpet beetles feed on dried animal products like wool felt hair fur feathers dead animals stuffed trophy heads etc. The beetle belongs to the family scarabaeidae and is also referred to as a scarab beetle. The larvae grow to 7 mm 0 28 in in length are reddish brown in colour and covered with bristles. In warm environments eggs hatch into larvae within six to 12 days.

They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange. There are nearly 200 species of carpet beetles in the subfamily attageninae. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. Adult beetles have different sizes and colors but most are between one tenth of an inch and three sixteenths of an inch long.

There are three types of carpet beetles the varied carpet beetles the black carpet beetles and the furniture carpet beetle. Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color. Varied carpet beetles and furniture carpet beetles have multi colored scales as adults. They may look mottled with black brown and white or be solid black depending on the species.

The adults are 1 16 to 1 8 inch long and oval shaped.