Dark Brown Carpet Beetle

They may eat through your clothes rugs and furniture.

Dark brown carpet beetle.

Carpet beetles in general are oval in shape and appear dark brown to black in colour. The three most common carpet beetle species in the us are. Brown yellow and orange. In older adults the scales that form this pattern wear off so the beetles appear solid brown or black.

These small dark colored beetles are an invasive pest in many homes. Like most beetles black carpet beetles have wings and they can fly. Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs. Carpet beetles have a body that is wider towards the end.

Black carpet beetles are dark brown or black bullet shaped beetles with brown legs and antennae. Although not always a pure black color they are generally dark brown to black and may have lighter patterns on their elytra. Most adult carpet beetles range from 2 mm to 5 mm in length with very short clubbed antennae and chewing mouthparts. There are nearly 200 species of carpet beetles in the subfamily attageninae.

Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. Their larvae can chew through fabric damaging clothing furniture coverings and carpets. Carpet beetles vary in color based on their species and maturity. The hair is organized in a way that it forms a combination of dark and light patches.

The black carpet beetle attagenus unicolor which feeds on both fabric and stored products such as grains. The furniture and varied carpet beetles also bear unique coloured scales specific to the type. Stag beetles are shiny brown or black usually quite large and have pronounced mandibles that are smaller in the females. This helps them to keep predators away.

The larva of the carpet beetle is covered in visible thick brown stripes. The common name of the beetle species attagenus unicolor is black carpet beetle. Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. The adult varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci is about 1 10 inch long and black with an irregular pattern of white brown and dark yellow scales on its wing covers.

Female black carpet beetles can lay up to 100 eggs and their larvae can stay in the larval stage for up to 3 years. Hair is found on the rear portion of the abdomen. Bed bugs leave signs like red or dark stains on sheets.