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.

Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification. They measure up to 0 1 3 mm in length. They vary in size from 1 8 th to 3 16 th of an inch in length. They can cause damage to natural cloth fibers or cereals.

The larvae are carrot shaped and long with a golden or brownish appearance. Slow moving tiny black beetles that crawl or fly around homes. 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. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics.

These small black bugs have short oval body and short inconspicuous antennae on their head. Carpet beetles in general are oval in shape and appear dark brown to black in colour. Most adult carpet beetles range from 2 mm to 5 mm in length with very short clubbed antennae and chewing mouthparts. Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color.

A fully grown adult black carpet beetle appears to be shiny reddish black in color with brown colored legs. Eggs are pearly white in color and small. Carpet beetles are tiny black beetles that can be found in the house.