Carpet Beetle Cycle Life

They are considered to be less harmful than larvae.

Carpet beetle cycle life.

Typically the furniture carpet beetle lays 60 eggs which take 9 to 16 days to hatch. The life cycle of the carpet beetles starts from the eggs or when the female beetle is laying the eggs. When they become adults the beetles survive only a few months. Carpet beetles can lay their eggs indoors although they may also infest the nests of birds mice and other insects.

In one time a female carpet beetle is able to lay about 100 eggs. Usually carpet beetles can enter your home through open doors and windows by flying inside. The life expectancy of the beetle is about two weeks. They then become carpet beetle larvae.

They usually hatch in one to two weeks. Within about 5 35 days the eggs will turn to be larvae. During this period mating occurs and the eggs are laid either close to the human environs or in bird nests tree hollows and similar dry places where larvae can find their food. The life cycle of carpet beetles carpet beetles undergo full metamorphosis which includes going through the egg larva pupa as well as adult stages.

They remain as pupae for 14 to 17 days before emerging as adults. Depending on how cold or hot the surrounding environment is a carpet beetle takes four months to a year to develop from the egg stage all the way to the adult stage. Then the cycle begins anew. The carpet beetle life cycle starts with white eggs that are smaller than a grain of salt.

The larvae live for 70 to 94 days before pupating. The life cycle of the furniture carpet beetle is similar to the varied carpet beetle. After mating near sources of light females can lay more than 100 eggs at a time which will hatch into larvae within seven to 35 days.