An adult black carpet beetle is about 1/8 of an inch long and black. It can fly and crawl, much like all other types of beetles. As larvae, the beetles eat natural fibers.

Where Avery’s other collaborations with Pulice and Stahlmann often reach way up into the clouds, Carpet Cocoon has its feet planted firmly in the soil. Describing it as a “comfort album” to ...

That old phrase, “snug as a bug in a rug” sounds like a sweet deal for the insect. Up until now, however, the effect of this cozy arrangement on the rug itself has been ignored. To rect… ...

The beetle then grows into its adult form and emerges from the cocoon as a massive creepy crawly with huge pincers. It can grow as long as 6.7 inches. The footage was shared on Twitter by Ziya ...

Mating behavior and mating position were studied for Anthrenus flavipes LeConte, furniture carpet beetle; Trogoderma glabrum (Herbst); Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), red flour beetle; T. confusum ...