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 in general are oval in shape and appear dark brown to black in colour. Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. Eggs are pearly white in color and small. They can cause damage to natural cloth fibers or cereals.

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. 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. A fully grown adult black carpet beetle appears to be shiny reddish black in color with brown colored legs.

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. The furniture and varied carpet beetles also bear unique coloured scales specific to the type. These small black bugs have short oval body and short inconspicuous antennae on their head.

Carpet beetles are tiny black beetles that can be found in the house. Slow moving tiny black beetles that crawl or fly around homes. Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics.