Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) - 117 Species, Identification & Facts

Furniture Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus flavipes

Identification: Dorsal surface with scales of two colours: white and yellowish brown. White scales on pronotum on each side condensed in a spot near anteriour angles and two (often confluent) patches in the posteriour half; white scales may be found

Anthrenus fuscus

The pattern of A. fuscus is quite distinctive. It is also smaller (up to 3 mm) and darker than the more common A. verbasci . During the summer months, the adult beetles are often found outside, feeding on pollen and nectar of plants - particularly of

Bird Nest Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus isabellinus

Identification: Eyes notched in front, antennae 11-segmented, with club of 3 segments. Scales of dorsal surface black, white and red (or yellow). White scales forming some small spots, and a wide transverse band in anteriour half of elytra; or white

Museum Beetle

Anthrenus museorum

Identification: Bright scales of dorsal surface condensed on side margins of pronotum and forming three (usually narrow) fasciae on elytra. Eyes not notched in front, Antennae 8-segmented, with club of two segments. Antennal club considerably shorter

Anthrenus polonicus

Identification: differentiation from A. fuscus may be difficult without dissection, although dorsal vestiture tends to be lighter colored (higher percentage of pale scales)

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus scrophulariae

Identification: Scales of dorsal surface black, white and red (or yellow), distributed in a characteristic pattern. Eyes notched in front, antennae 11-segmented, with club of 3 segments. image on cover of first ed. of Peterson's Field Guide to the In

Anthrenus thoracicus

Identification: Det. Andreas Herrmann, 2016 relatively uncommon (Beal 1983)

Attagenus brunneus

Identification: Differs from the very similar A. unicolor in the following: antennal club in male distinctly longer than remainder of antenna (about as long in unicolor ), antennae often completely pale (always terminally infuscate in unicolor ); ely

Two-spotted Carpet Beetle

Attagenus pellio

Length 3.5 to 5.5 mm. A small, black, oval shaped beetle with two distinctive white marks on the elytra. Found in homes and offices, living in carpets and infesting woollen products and any materials of animal origin. Also found in birds nests.

Black Carpet Beetle

Attagenus unicolor

Identification: Telling apart the subspecies: in A. u. unicolor , the pronotum and elytra are almost entirely covered with dark setae; in A. u. japonicus , the sides and base of the pronotum and the base of the elytra have distinctive golden brown se

Caccoleptus kacka

the neotropical subg. Bicaccoleptus Háva 2004 contains a total of 6 spp., one ranging into FL

Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidale

Identification: the only sp. in the midwestern and eastern US with the apical 1/3 of the elytra reddish and with a median band of light-colored pubescence. In some spmns the median band is reduced to a very few hairs... (Beal 1985)

Cryptorhopalum obesulum

Type Locality: on the Colorado River above Columbus, Austin Co., Texas

Cryptorhopalum pruddeni

Identification: key to Cryptorhopalum species in Beal (1985) ( 3 ) Type Locality: Canyon of Colorado River, Arizona

Cobweb Beetle

Ctesias serra

The common name relates to the habit of the larva of taking trapped insects from spider webs. The adult beetle is dark brown in colour and rarely seen in its natural habitat, so this beetle is more commonly recorded as a larva. Unless identified by a

Hide Beetle

Dermestes maculatus

Identification: see used in museums to clean skeletons

Common Carrion Beetle

Dermestes marmoratus

pest in powdered milk plants and cereal warehouses, most likely feeding on dead insects; carrion, dry animal products

Dermestes murinus

Length 7 to 9 mm. Head, pronotum and elytra uniformly covered with recumbent stiff black and white hairs arranged in groups forming patches. Golden patches usually also present on pronotum on each side of a disc near middle of anterior margin and on

Dermestes rattus

Identification: D. r. rattus holotype • D. r. tristis syntype

Dermestes signatus

Identification: Holotype Similar in coloration to D. lardarius but the elytral base is completely setose and doesn't appear as a dark band or patch

Lanorus aequalis

introduced several times to Europe; Mexican records also appear to be off range.

Megatoma undata

4 to 6 mm. Black with distinctive white markings on the pronotum and elytra. Freshly emerged specimens are initially brown. The typical habitat of the adults is around dead wood although they may also be found on flowers e.g. Crataegus or Malus in th

Megatoma variegata

Identification: Female (shorter end segment on antennae) Male (longer end segment on antennae)

Phradonoma nobile

Identification: adult habitus first record in NA: AZ 2009

Thorictodes heydeni

Identification: Eyes very small or absent; the antennal club consists of three fused segments; wingsless

Trogoderma ballfinchae

Identification: male antenna flabellate; female antenna pectinate

Glabrous Cabinet Beetle

Trogoderma glabrum

Glabrous Cabinet Beetle (Trogoderma glabrum) is a species in the family Dermestidae, commonly known as carpet beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera (Beetles). It is classified within the subfamily Megatominae, tribe Megatomini, suborder Polyphag

Ornate Carpet Beetle

Trogoderma ornatum

Identification: Det. Andreas Herrmann, 2009 Not particularly common; adults usually found on flowers. Preys on wasp and bee larvae found in tunnels in trees. --Richard Beal, pers. comm. to Jim McClarin

Trogoderma simplex

Identification: images antennal cavity entirely punctate (except a small shining basal spot), punctures much larger than eye facets. Similarly patterned congeners have smooth regions and much smaller punctures in antennal cavity.

Trogoderma sinistrum

Identification: Holotype Common in granaries throughout the Prairie Provinces

Warehouse Beetle

Trogoderma variabile

Identification: Sexual dimorphism: antennal club 6- or 7-segmented in males, 4-segmented in females minor pest in Canada; in other parts of the world (incl. Europe) may be a major/serious pest of stored products (esp. seeds, cereals, legumes, nuts, a