Carpet Beatle

Found this guy on the kitchen wall. First two are 2 shot stacks, 4-5x:

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Lovely captures. Not a good find if it was in the house !

Brian V.

Indeed, the Varied Carpet Beetle A. verbasci are a common household pest. It was a bit of a challenge to photo. They're about 3mm in length and very round bodied. This one was dispatched once I was done with it.

interesting, didn't know they are a pest. lovely set

Thank you for the comments!

Nice shots, hmmm oh dear, think I have snapped this in the house in the past....

Lovely set!

Lester Wareham wrote in post #17951977
Nice shots, hmmm oh dear, think I have snapped this in the house in the past....

Worcester Lad wrote in post #17952268
Lovely set!

Thank you for the comments. On a side note, these insects are known in the forensics field to take bites out of hair that is part of the general debris in carpet. When the hairs are examined microscopically, you can see their handiwork.