Many insects feed on a variety of foods. For insects such as carpet beetles and clothes moths, their nourishment comes from eating items made of organic materials. The most commonly attacked items include those made from wool, silk, fur, feathers and animal hair. You can protect your fabrics, rugs and other items from fabric pests by knowing what they look like, where to find them and what to do to prevent or control infestations.
Adults are good fliers and are attracted to light.
In natural settings most adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen. Some adult carpet beetles are dull black with brown legs. Other adults are mottled with white, brown, yellow or black. They may grow to be to inch long. Because larvae can shed many times, an infestation may look larger than it really is.