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Black Carpet Beetle
Biology
Length: 1/8 to ¼ inch
Adults are dark brown to black in color, oval in shape and twice as long as wide.
Antennae are short with a 3 segmented club.
Terminal segment of the male’s antennae is twice as long as the female’s.
Larva has an elongated body; last abdominal segment has long tuft of hairs.
Larva is light brown to dark brown in color and may be ½ inch long.
Distribution/Habits
Black carpet beetle is most widespread and destructive carpet beetle in the United States.
They are numerous during the spring and early summer months.
Larval stage is destructive to fabrics and plant materials.
Damage often results in a number of small, unevenly spaced holes.
Larvae roam widely, normally searching for food in dark areas of a room, shunning sunlight.
Larvae move slowly; when disturbed they curl up and “play dead.”
Newly emerged adults are attracted to light.
Adult Black Carpet Beetles feed on pollen.
After mating, many of the females return indoors to lay eggs.
Approximately 50 eggs are laid in accumulations of lint, or in a place where larval food supply is present.