An adult carpet beetle won t cause your home any harm.
Small carpet beetles in house.
Carpet beetle larvae can eat holes in rugs curtains upholstery clothing and books.
They measure up to 0 1 3 mm in length.
Carpet beetles are tiny black beetles that can be found in the house.
In this post we ll talk about carpet mites what causes carpet beetles where carpet beetles come from and how to avoid a carpet beetle infestation.
They reproduce very slowly so rarely do they become noticeable or a great nuisance.
Signs of a carpet beetle infestation carpet beetle infestations tend to go unnoticed for long periods of time allowing them to cause severe damage to bedding clothes carpets and upholstered furniture.
Carpet beetle larvae are elongated and appear to be fuzzy or hairy.
One variety of household pest that can fit the tiny black beetle description is the common carpet beetle.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said of their larvae.
They leave their molted skins behind so you might find small piles of fuzzy skins in infested pantries closets or drawers.
However the presence of carpet beetles indoors usually suggests that their eggs and larvae are somewhere in the house.
These small black bugs have short oval body and short inconspicuous antennae on their head.