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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci

I find lots of these in my house every year, though I do also sometimes find them outside. Presumably they're feeding on my carpets or something like that, though strangely quite a few appear in uncarpeted rooms like bathrooms. I sometimes find larvae crawling up the walls, though I have not identified these to species (I don't know how to tell them from Anthrenus fuscus which also occurs here, albeit in smaller numbers).


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci showing close-uo of elytral scales, St Mary's churchyard, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 25th July 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 15th January 2020


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th April 2020


These were two of at least ten Varied Carpet Beetles feeding on a Cow Parsley flowerhead.

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2x Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 25th May 2020


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 21st June 2019


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 11th March 2022


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 12th March 2023


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 16th January 2022


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 17th June 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 5th April 2022


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th March 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 19th April 2019


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 2nd June 2019


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd March 2022


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 24th May 2019


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2x Varied Carpet Beetles Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 26th March 2019


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 26th March 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 27th March 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 12th March 2015


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th March 2015


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 9th April 2018


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 9th May 2020


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, Norwich (Norfolk, UK), 17th March 2004


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 19th April 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 25th January 2021


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 23rd March 2012


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 29th May 2014


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 2nd April 2018


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 27th February 2017


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 14th March 2011


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Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 27th March 2024


If anyone knows how to tell the Anthrenus larvae apart I'd love to hear from you...

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probable Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci larva, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 10th February 2019