Little Brown Bugs In Carpet

Some species of carpet beetle may also exhibit orange coloration.
Little brown bugs in carpet. Carpet mites although you may see the terms carpet mites and carpet beetles used interchangeably these two pests are actually quite different. These cousins of the varied carpet beetle are slightly larger in size at around 0 3 0 5cm and have a more rounded shell their shells are light brown speckled with black and white markings. They tend to live inside fabric furniture or deep inside carpets so look for damage to area rugs around the edges and to carpets along base boards. They usually are slightly larger than the adult beetles and measure approximately 2 5 cm in length.
Larvae typically are light brown to black and covered in dense sometimes barbed hairs. Carpet beetles like to live out of sight and feed on the natural fibers in fabrics even living off carpet fibers that are 90 percent synthetic. They damage clothing and furnishings and are an asthma. Carpet beetle larvae look like very small fuzzy caterpillars.
Some bugs like weevils flour beetles and drugstore beetles live in and feed off certain types of food. However they are far from harmless.