Tiny Black Bug Living Under Carpet

Attagenus unicolor is the scientific name for the black carpet beetle.

Tiny black bug living under carpet.

Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs. These tiny black beetle bugs belong to the family dermestidae and their larvae can be a true household pest. These tiny carpet beetles start out their adult life as white beetles. Others might be mottled with spots of brown and black on a lighter background.

Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. They feed on cloth fiber pet foods or cereals. As they mature these bugs gradually become dark and black. Come to find out from a bug expert these little nightmares are carpet beetles.

Two major home invaders are the carpet bug better known as the carpet beetle and the maggot which is actually a house fly larvae. Carpet beetles also are known as little black beetles and are most common around the house carpet. Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. It s somehow hard to notice these insects due to their slow reproductive nature but you will find them in most homes.

They do not cause diseases nor bite human beings. Best thing to do either way is bomb fog your whole house.