Two-spotted carpet-beetle
The two-spotted carpet beetle is a tiny, oval, dark beetle with two little patches of white hair on its back. It likes to live in houses. Its hairy babies can nibble holes in fur, wool and other things we keep at home.
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Fun facts
Its babies are hairy and honey coloured and are sometimes called woolly bears.
The mothers often lay eggs in sparrow nests under the roof, and from there the beetles move into houses.
Mouse nests can be a home and a pantry for these beetles too.
Most asked questions about Two-spotted carpet-beetle
?Is the carpet beetle dangerous?
No. It does not hurt people, but its babies can damage wool, furs and stored food.
?How big is the two-spotted carpet beetle?
Only about 4 to 6 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Attagenus pellio
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Dermestidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Also known as
- Fur beetle, Carpet beetle
Where the facts come from
- Attagenus pellio (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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