Tiny Brown Carpet Beetles

Carpet beetles congregate wherever animal fibers can be consumed.

Tiny brown carpet beetles.

Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and. It grows up to 5 mm in length. They have an elongated body which is covered in hair or large setae. The adults are 1 16 to 1 8 inch long and oval shaped.

They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange. Carpet beetles have a body that is wider towards the end. Larvae are about 1 8 to 1 4 inch long tan to brownish in color slow moving and densely covered with hairs or bristles. This tiny flying beetle is also named the biscuit beetle or bread beetle and is similar in appearance to the cigarette beetle.

In a few weeks the tiny eggs laid by adult beetles hatch into the fabric consuming larvae. One species of brown beetle from the family ptinidae is the drugstore beetle scientific name. As its name suggests drugstore beetles love to feed on stored products. The larva of the carpet beetle is covered in visible thick brown stripes.

Identification colour dark brown to black size from 2 mm to 5 mm long also known as furniture carpet beetles varied carpet beetles and black carpet beetles. These beetles may also eat synthetic fabrics if they are soiled with food or oils. You may occasionally find carpet beetles in your pantry feeding on grains. These types of materials carpet beetles routinely feast on include wool felt leather silk fur and feathers.