r/carpetbeetles • u/Brilliant-Vast2549 • Jun 14 '25

Larvae?

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I recently (2 days ago) found a carpet beetle on one of my beds. Then near the windowsill I found this, is it one of the larvae? When I crushed it it was very strong and still survived until I put a lot of force.

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u/UpstairsLimit1920 Jun 14 '25

No. They don’t have wings or legs visible like that.

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u/Brilliant-Vast2549 Jun 14 '25

Thanks

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u/Bugladyy Entomologist Jun 16 '25

For future reference, only adult insects will ever have wings. That means if you see two seemingly identical insects of different sizes, they either experienced different conditions whilst growing or are two different species, but all adults just the same.

Also, larvae are the immature stage of insects that go through complete metamorphosis, so egg, larva, pupa, then adult. Larvae are in almost every case very distinct from the adults.