Tiny Black And Brown Carpet Beetle

Carpet beetles in general are oval in shape and appear dark brown to black in colour.

Tiny black and brown carpet beetle.

Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. The furniture and varied carpet beetles also bear unique coloured scales specific to the type. 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. They vary in size from 1 8 th to 3 16 th of an inch in length.

The larvae are carrot shaped and long with a golden or brownish appearance. Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification. Slow moving tiny black beetles that crawl or fly around homes. They measure up to 0 1 3 mm in length.

Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. 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. Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs.

A fully grown adult black carpet beetle appears to be shiny reddish black in color with brown colored legs. Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. Eggs are pearly white in color and small.