LIFE CYCLE: All beetles undergo complete metamorphosis with life cycles consisting of an egg, larva with multiple instars, pupa, and adult. All life stages except that of the egg make take place ...

It is also occasionally imported into Britain, mainly on dried fruit and nuts. Like other insects, varied carpet beetles pass through four different stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The females lay ...

Possible causes have focused primarily on climate change induced stress on the trees, rendering them more susceptible to attack, as well as lower winter mortality in the larval stages of the beetle.

Carpet beetles also reproduce at a high rate, making them hard to spot at times in the egg and larva stages. The larvae are usually about an 1/8-inch long, tan and covered in hairy bristles.

Woodworm can damage your home and furniture. Here’s how to identify wood-boring beetles and treat any infestations ...

(After eggs hatch, carpet beetle larvae can stay in the destructive larvae stage for up to two years before becoming adults!) “Their [larvae's] diet consists of wool, silk, leather, fur ...