Small Black Carpet Beetle
Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics.
Small black carpet beetle. The larval form feeds on natural fibres damaging carpets furniture and clothing. The black carpet beetle attagenus unicolor brahm is the most common and most destructive of the five important species of carpet beetles in the united states. Black carpet beetle larvae can survive up to 640 days and adults can live for a couple of months. Adults do not cause damage indoors.
Others might be mottled with spots of brown and black on a lighter background. It damages household products containing keratin a principal protein found in animal hair and feathers. 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 clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies.
Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs. The small black carpet beetle is an indoor invasive pest attagenus unicolor is the scientific name for the black carpet beetle. These tiny black beetle bugs belong to the family dermestidae and their larvae can be a true household pest.