Red And Black Carpet Beetles

Black carpet beetle larvae are smooth with no hair and are either brown or black.

Red and black carpet beetles. Many people refer to beetles as types of bugs. Black carpet beetle larvae are longer than many other carpet beetle larvae and are brown and gold in color. One type of small red beetle with black spots that flies is the ladybug or lady beetle. White and yellow scales cover the thorax and body in distinct patterns on furniture carpet beetles.

Even though all bugs and beetles are insects from an entomological perspective beetles are not bugs. As they mature these bugs gradually become dark and black. The small black carpet beetle is an indoor invasive pest. Like most beetles black carpet beetles have wings and they can fly.

The furniture and varied carpet beetles also bear unique coloured scales specific to the type. The larvae of varied carpet beetles have light and dark stripes on their bodies and are covered with dark hairs. Even though it is the larvae that cause destruction you should get rid of the adults. If you do it s important to find where carpet beetles may be living or laying eggs.

A clump of golden hairs is located at the end of their bodies. Female black carpet beetles can lay up to 100 eggs and their larvae can stay in the larval stage for up to 3 years. 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.