Species Characteristics
The most common species are the Varied Carpet Beetle and the Furniture Carpet Beetle. Click on the names to see their specific characteristics.
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Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle – Anthrenus verbasci
- Adults, 2-4mm long, body strongly convex
- Colour: variable, brown or black and mottled with yellow or white scales on the dorsal surface
- Ventral surface clothed with fine grey-yellow scales
- 11-segmented antennae with 3-segmented clubs at tip, clubs have nearly parallel sides
- At rest, antennae lie in recesses in thorax
- Eyes smoothly rounded
- Legs short, retracting into grooves on the ventral surface
- Larvae brown, bearing 3 bunches of golden hairs on tip of abdomen
Furniture Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus flavipes
Furniture Carpet Beetle – Anthrenus flavipes
- Adult, 2-4mm long, body strongly convex
- Colour: variable, brown or black and mottled with yellow or white scales on the dorsal surface
- Ventral surface clothed with white scales
- 11-segmented antennae with 3-segmented oval clubs at tip
- At rest, antennae lie in recesses in thorax
- Eyes indented on inner side
- Legs short, retracting into grooves on ventral surface
- Legs thickly clothed with yellow scales
- Larvae brown, bearing 3 bunches of golden hairs on tip of abdomen