Black And White Carpet Beetle

They re covered with bristles.

Black and white carpet beetle.

As they mature these bugs gradually become dark and black. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. The larval form feeds on natural fibres damaging carpets furniture and clothing. Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and tan or brownish.

They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange. Adults do not cause damage indoors. There are three types of carpet beetles the varied carpet beetles the black carpet beetles and the furniture carpet beetle. Female black carpet beetles can lay up to 100 eggs and their larvae can stay in the larval stage for up to 3 years.

Black carpet beetle larvae can survive up to 640 days and adults can live for a couple of months. 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 the larvae grow to 7 mm 0 28 in in length are reddish brown in colour and covered with bristles. Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color. Even though it is the larvae that cause destruction you should get rid of the adults.

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. The carpet beetles never bite or destroy anything it is their young ones you should blame.