Furniture Carpet Beetle

Furniture Carpet Beetle General Description Adults are small, rounded, and blackish, with a mottling of yellow                                                and white scales on the back and a heavy coating of yellow scales on the femur of the legs. The color…

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Black Carpet Beetle

Black Carpet Beetle General Description · Adults are shiny black with brownish legs and 0.3 to 0.5 cm in length.   Credit: Caroline Harding, PaDIL   · Larvae are tiny when they hatch. · Larvae have distinctive elongated carrot- or cigar-shaped bodies and long, brushy tail bristles. · Larvae body color varies from a light brown to almost black.  …

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Common Carpet Beetle

Common Carpet Beetle General Description ·  Adults of this carpet beetle are small, rounded, and gray to blackish in color with white and orange scales on the back. ·  Orange-red band of scales are found on the middle of the back surface.   Credit: Natasha Wright,bugwood.org.     · The larva is an elongated, oval shape and is rarely more…

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