Tiny Black Carpet Beetles

It s somehow hard to notice these insects due to their slow reproductive nature but you will find them in most homes.

Tiny black carpet beetles.

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. These tiny carpet beetles start out their adult life as white beetles. The small black carpet beetle is an indoor invasive pest. One variety of household pest that can fit the tiny black beetle description is the common carpet beetle.

These tiny black beetle bugs belong to the family dermestidae and their larvae can be a true household pest. Attagenus unicolor is the scientific name for the black carpet beetle. Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics.

Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs. Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. Adults do not cause damage indoors. Carpet beetles also are known as little black beetles and are most common around the house carpet.

They feed on cloth fiber pet foods or cereals. Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies. Black carpet beetle larvae can survive up to 640 days and adults can live for a couple of months.

They do not cause diseases nor bite human beings.