Tiny Black Bug Living Under Carpet

Others might be mottled with spots of brown and black on a lighter background.

Tiny black bug living under carpet.

Carpet beetles also are known as little black beetles and are most common around the house carpet. Best thing to do either way is bomb fog your whole house. Attagenus unicolor is the scientific name for the black carpet beetle. They do not cause diseases nor bite human beings.

Two major home invaders are the carpet bug better known as the carpet beetle and the maggot which is actually a house fly larvae. Carpet beetles measure just 1 16 to 1 8 inches long about the size of a pinhead and vary in color. I had to rip out all the carpet in my house bag up all my clothes including blankets bedding belts handbags everything in my closets wash all the bedding in hot water i used a garment steamer and steamed all the furniture and mattresses. Like many other beetles they are round or oval and convex like ladybugs.

As they mature these bugs gradually become dark and black. Some are black or dark enough to appear black when observed with the human eye. Home pests can cause a lot of damage to furniture clothes and other fabrics while creating health hazards for people and pets living in the residence. They feed on cloth fiber pet foods or cereals.

These tiny carpet beetles start out their adult life as white beetles. Sounds like you have either a flea infestation note fleas are very small but do not fly they jump or the start of a termite infestation.