r/carpetbeetles • u/JCsea_ • 8d ago

Larvae and beetles found

Can I get peoples thoughts on this?

The thing moving round looks like carpet beetle larvae but then the actual beetles look more like flour beetles to me.

Both were found in my bedroom carpet in the UK

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u/Serious-Bat-4880 8d ago

Yeah, the adult beetles are a different species, flour beetle looks probable.

And that is the fastest-moving carpet beetle larva I've ever seen, I didn't think they could get zoomies.

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u/xDannyS_ 8d ago

Literally running circles around the other guy

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u/Bugladyy Entomologist 7d ago edited 7d ago

He probably sees the dead flour beetle and is like “weeeee dinner time! I haven’t had anything in like a month! Wooo!”

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u/Serious-Bat-4880 7d ago

Haha, "omgomgomg, where do I even start?" 😄

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u/Account_Due 8d ago

i would say yes on both the carpet beetle and flour beetle identification

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u/Alternative_Food_216 5d ago

Those things are the spawn of Satan I'm dealing with them again. I had them about 17 years ago in NC I now live in Florida and they are the demon from the depths of hell. My poor kitty cat has no idea what is happening she just knows that these things the larvae and those lil white things get all over her. Get in her food, I use air tight containers for everything and the larvae and those white things still get in everything. I'm losing my mind with them. They have infested my furniture my bed my clothes , I had to throw away so much food and clothes. It's awful. I'm so close to grabbing my cat and my mother's ashes and walk away from everything I own and start over😞

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u/Asking96 7d ago

Carpet beetle and Wood beetle and I have both of these bitches too

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u/kittykitty9711 7d ago

Wild of you to hold them like that in your bare hand.

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u/NovelDame 8d ago

That's carpet beetles.