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Mill carpet beetle

Anthrenus fuscus Olivier, 1789

Status not recordedbeetles

The mill carpet beetle (Anthrenus fuscus) is a species in the family Dermestidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.7 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the mill carpet beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.7 mmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
flowerssrc for Main food
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the mill carpet beetle?

MILL CARPET BEETLE · LENGTH 2.7 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.7 mm, the recorded maximum length of the mill carpet beetle is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the mill carpet beetle?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the mill carpet beetle

1 on record

  1. Brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus3 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • Reji Chacko, M., Albouy, C., Altermatt, F., Brändle, M., Casanelles Abella, J., Boussange, V., Campell, F., Ellis, W. N., Fopp, F., Gossner, M. M., Ho., H., Joss, A., Kipf, P., Neff, F., Petrović, A., Prié, V., Tomanović, Ž., Zimmerli, N., Pellissier, L. (2024). trophiCH v1 - a food web for Switzerl
  • Razgour, O., et al. 2011. High-throughput sequencing offers insight into mechanisms of resource partitioning in cryptic bat species. Ecology and Evolution 1 (4): 556-570.
  • Geiselman, C. K., & Ember, S. (2020). Bat Eco-Interactions Database. www.batbase.org, version (28.06.2023)

Where does the mill carpet beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mill carpet beetle as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mill carpet beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mill carpet beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDermestidae
  6. genusAnthrenus
  7. SpeciesAnthrenus fuscus Olivier, 1789

Synonyms Anthrenus claviger, Anthrenus obscurus, Attagenus obscurus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Carpet beetleEnglish
  • rušník tmavýCzech
  • Brauner BlütenkäferGerman
  • Dermeste des moulinsFrench
  • 섬알락수시렁이Korean
  • Кожеед бурыйRussian
  • 黑圆皮蠹Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the mill carpet beetle

Other species in the same genus Anthrenus.

Carpet beetle

Anthrenus scrophulariae

DermestidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mill carpet beetle?

An adult mill carpet beetle measures 2.7 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the mill carpet beetle eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

Is the mill carpet beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mill carpet beetle as introduced in 2 countries: Denmark and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mill carpet beetle?

The mill carpet beetle (Anthrenus fuscus) belongs to the family Dermestidae in the order Coleoptera.

What eats the mill carpet beetle?

Animals recorded preying on the mill carpet beetle include brown long-eared bat. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Mill carpet beetle (Anthrenus fuscus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mill-carpet-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{mill_carpet_beetle_2026,
  title = {Mill carpet beetle (Anthrenus fuscus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mill-carpet-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}