Black Carpet Beetle
Attagenus unicolor
The adult black carpet beetle is a small, oval, uniformly dark beetle found indoors near windows or outdoors on flowers. It walks readily and can fly, allowing it to disperse from infested materials toward light or new sheltered sites. Adults may feed on pollen and seek mates, while the larval stage does most of the damage to fabrics and stored animal products. Its plain black-brown body helps distinguish it from many patterned carpet beetles.
- Type
- Shell
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Black Carpet Beetle Larva
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- Black Carpet Beetle