What are these little baby critters?

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june2412 Long Beach, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 22, 2009

They showed up the other day and they are in the same spot...just hanging out together. They don't really move.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 22, 2009

Unfortunately, these are not babies, but adult carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the genus Anthrenus - see http://tinyurl.com/l6zzgb for an example. Unlike their highly destructive larvae, the adult beetles are pollen feeders that do no damage.

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june2412 Long Beach, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 22, 2009

o great! Thanks! Will my ladybugs eat them?

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Windy Belleville, IL(Zone 6b) Jun 22, 2009

Wow! pollen eaters. Never knew there was such a thing.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 22, 2009

Lady beetles prefer soft-bodied prey such as aphids - I doubt very much that they would bother the carpet beetles.

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