Tiny Black Carpet Beetles

A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies.

Tiny black carpet beetles.

Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs. Others might be mottled with spots of brown and black on a lighter background. These tiny carpet beetles start out their adult life as white beetles. These tiny black beetle bugs belong to the family dermestidae and their larvae can be a true household pest.

Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. They do not cause diseases nor bite human beings. One variety of household pest that can fit the tiny black beetle description is the common carpet beetle. Because they feed on natural cloth fibers cereals and pet food most homes contain at least a few carpet beetles.

Black carpet beetle larvae can survive up to 640 days and adults can live for a couple of months. 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. Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. Adults do not cause damage indoors.

Adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and do not damage woolens and other fabrics. It s somehow hard to notice these insects due to their slow reproductive nature but you will find them in most homes. They reproduce very slowly so rarely do they become noticeable or a great nuisance. Carpet beetles also are known as little black beetles and are most common around the house carpet.

The small black carpet beetle is an indoor invasive pest.