Tiny Brown Carpet Beetles

Larvae young carpet beetles are 1 8 to 1 4 inch long and.

Tiny brown carpet beetles.

One species of brown beetle from the family ptinidae is the drugstore beetle scientific name. It grows up to 5 mm in length. As its name suggests drugstore beetles love to feed on stored products. The adults are 1 16 to 1 8 inch long and oval shaped.

Larvae are about 1 8 to 1 4 inch long tan to brownish in color slow moving and densely covered with hairs or bristles. These beetles may also eat synthetic fabrics if they are soiled with food or oils. Carpet beetles congregate wherever animal fibers can be consumed. These types of materials carpet beetles routinely feast on include wool felt leather silk fur and feathers.

The hair is organized in a way that it forms a combination of dark and light patches. Adult carpet beetles are small and often appear speckled or mottled. In a few weeks the tiny eggs laid by adult beetles hatch into the fabric consuming larvae. Carpet beetles have a body that is wider towards the end.

Description all varieties of carpet beetle are oval in shape with chewing mouthparts and very short clubbed antennae. They have an elongated body which is covered in hair or large setae. 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. The larva of the carpet beetle is covered in visible thick brown stripes.