Adult beetles eat pollen and nectar but the larvae can cause damage to woollens.
Woolly bears in carpets.
They also infest leather fur and silk.
The variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird.
The larvae known as woolly bears of these small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.
The larvae woolly bears can attack house hold carpets leaving vast bold patches in areas not usually visible without movement of side boards cabinets etc.
To see that footage click here.
In the uk carpet beetles and clothes moths are the biggest threat to our textiles.
Dealing with carpet beetles last week one of our technicians recorded some amazing footage of a carpet beetle larvae often called a woolly bear.
A photograph of the larvae of the carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci which is commonly known as a woolly bear.
Verbasci was also the first insect to be shown to have an.
As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage.
Carpet beetles are oval shaped and difficult to spot as they are only 2 to 4mm long.
Another insect given the name woolly bear is the larvae of the carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci.