Carpet Beetle Anthrenus Verbasci

Brown and hairy broadest at the rear where there is a brush of hairs.

Carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci.

Varied carpet beetles get their name from the rainbow of color on their back surfaces. Body up to 3 mm long. Carpet beetles feed on animal and plant substances such as wool fur feathers hair hides horns silk velvet felts and bone as well as seeds grain cereals cake mixes red pepper rye meal and flour. They are a common species often considered a pest of domestic houses and particularly natural history museums where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets furniture clothing and insect collections.

In older adults the scales that form this pattern wear off so the beetles appear solid brown or black. Black centers with white brown and yellow patches in an irregular arrangement. General description body rounded shape with a mottled pattern of black orange brown and white. The adult varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci is about 1 10 inch long and black with an irregular pattern of white brown and dark yellow scales on its wing covers.