Carpet Beetle Anthrenus Verbasci

Body up to 3 mm long.

Carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci.

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. Other substances include powdered milk dog and cat food leather book bindings dead insects bird and rodent nests and even cotton linen rayon and jute especially when stained. The varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci is a 3 mm long beetle belonging to the family dermestidae.

Brown and hairy broadest at the rear where there is a brush of hairs. 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. 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. General description body rounded shape with a mottled pattern of black orange brown and white.