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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A mottled black, white, and yellow beetle, ''Anthrenus flavipes''. The furniture carpet beetle larvae can digest [ | + | A mottled black, white, and yellow beetle, ''Anthrenus flavipes''. The furniture carpet beetle larvae can digest [[keratin]] and primarily eats proteinaceous materials, such as [[wool]], [[silk]],[[fur]], [[hair]], [[horn]], [[animal skin|skin]], [[leather]], and [[feather|feathers]]. The adult insects are about 2 to 3.5 millimeters long. Females lay up to 100 eggs that hatch in 1-3 weeks. The furniture carpet beetle larvae have a dark brown body with yellow tufts and can grow in length to 5 mm. The larval stage lasts 2-3 months at which point a cocoon is formed. The adult hatches in 2-3 weeks and lives for up to 60 days. |
[[File:1233094_Furn.carp.beetle_Life.cycle.jpg|thumb|Furniture carpet beetle]] | [[File:1233094_Furn.carp.beetle_Life.cycle.jpg|thumb|Furniture carpet beetle]] | ||
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== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 15 January 2014
Description
A mottled black, white, and yellow beetle, Anthrenus flavipes. The furniture carpet beetle larvae can digest Keratin and primarily eats proteinaceous materials, such as Wool, Silk,Fur, Hair, Horn, skin, Leather, and feathers. The adult insects are about 2 to 3.5 millimeters long. Females lay up to 100 eggs that hatch in 1-3 weeks. The furniture carpet beetle larvae have a dark brown body with yellow tufts and can grow in length to 5 mm. The larval stage lasts 2-3 months at which point a cocoon is formed. The adult hatches in 2-3 weeks and lives for up to 60 days.
Additional Information
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology: Furniture carpet beetle
Additional Images
Furniture carpet beetle
Authority
- Lynda A. Zycherman, J.Richard Schrock, A Guide to Museum Pest Control, FAIC and Association of Systematics Collections, Washington DC, 1988 Comment: eggs hatch in 15-18 days; larval stage is 112 to 384 days; adults live 32 to 200 days
- Website address 1 Comment: Univ. of Florida's Dept. of Entomology and Nematology at http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fabric/furniture_carpet_beetle.htm (accessed Ovt. 2004) : eggs hatch in 1-3 weeks; larval stage is 2-3 months; adults live 30-60 days