Tiny Black And Brown Carpet Beetle

Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs.

Tiny black and brown carpet beetle.

Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. They measure up to 0 1 3 mm in length. Others might be mottled with spots of brown and black on a lighter background. The furniture and varied carpet beetles also bear unique coloured scales specific to the type.

Carpet beetles are tiny black beetles that can be found in the house. 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. A fully grown adult black carpet beetle appears to be shiny reddish black in color with brown colored legs. They can cause damage to natural cloth fibers or cereals.

The larvae are carrot shaped and long with a golden or brownish appearance. Carpet beetles in general are oval in shape and appear dark brown to black in colour. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. They vary in size from 1 8 th to 3 16 th of an inch in length.

Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification. These small black bugs have short oval body and short inconspicuous antennae on their head. Slow moving tiny black beetles that crawl or fly around homes.