Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Carpet beetle larva

Anthrenus

Description:

A very small bark brown larva. Hairy body. Almost boxy in shape.

Habitat:

I found it in my bathroom, suggesting it’s some sort of common household moth. It’s now outside.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Steven Sheppard
Steven Sheppard 5 years ago

@ForestDragon I think that’s it! Thank you.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 5 years ago

You may want to consider checking out the Carpet Beetle larvae: Genus Anthrenus.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/11210/bgp...

Steven Sheppard
Spotted by
Steven Sheppard

El Segundo, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 18, 2018
Submitted on Nov 18, 2018

Related Spottings

Anthrenus pimpinellae Anthrenus verbasci Anthrenus beetle Carpet Beetle

Nearby Spottings

Spotted Orbweaver Spotting Green Metallic Bee Oriental cockroach
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team