Small black and brown beetles

Different black-brown beetles can be distinguished

It is difficult Beetle to fight against which one knows nothing. Under certain circumstances, the beetles do not live in the apartment, but have been attracted by light or certain colors, then the beetles disappear on their own. Others raise their offspring in the apartment and you not only have beetles, but also their very voracious larvae in the apartment. Therefore you should find out which are not black-and-brown beetles that live with you:

• Small, approx. 3 to 4 mm long beetles, which can be reddish-brown but also brown-black-white, are carpet beetles. These small beetles prefer to lay their eggs in wool products, such as carpets, but also woolen clothing. the Maggots then eat their way through these substances. The light-shy maggots are approx. 6 mm long and hairy.
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• Bacon beetles are slightly larger, of which the carpet beetles are one of the numerous subspecies. These beetles also live hidden in apartments and eat anything of animal origin.
• Also rodent beetles, which are predominantly rotten wood live, can be small and black / brown. If you only have individual bugs in the apartment, they were probably brought in from the forest with firewood or branches.
• A special representative of the rodent beetle is the bread beetle, although this small brown-black beetle is only 3 mm long, it does the worst damage to food of all kinds.


Small brown bugs in the bedroom - classification and control

When fighting different insects such as small brown beetles, it can ...

• The ball beetle is even smaller, some species are only 1 mm long. These beetles live hidden in cracks and are mostly nocturnal. They eat almost all organic material they can find and are therefore classified as pests, at least if you live in the house.
• Small black beetles about 2 mm long, which mainly sit on yellow fabrics or flowers, are probably rapeseed beetles. These only affect flowers and are not food or textile pests. Nor do the beetles tend to care for offspring in apartments.

Since it is usually useful to know which little black-and-brown bugs you have, you should Lay out the packaging tape with the adhesive surface facing up, with some damp paper and flour nearby as bait interpret. In this way you can easily get a few specimens that you can have a biological institute or an exterminator determine.

Measures against beetles of all kinds

• With almost all beetles, it makes sense to use the beetle yourself vacuum cleaner suck up. Ventilation they are good at work, because the burning chitin causes irritation of the respiratory tract.
• Pack all supplies in jars or cans so that the bugs cannot nest there, and Thoroughly clean carpets and textiles to make sure there are no eggs or larvae in them survive. You must definitely clean with a damp cloth, because the hairy larvae are left behind when they suckle.
• Yellow vessels with washing-up liquid in them attract rapeseed beetles, which drown in the water.

Particular difficulties with small black-brown beetles

• Since beetles are surrounded by thick chitin armor, contact poisons are usually of little use. It is much better to fight the beetles with poisons that they eat. This is also more environmentally friendly than spraying contact poisons.
• Certain powders scratch the beetles' chitin shell and thus ensure that they dry out. Only a specialist can help you here.

Overall, you should if the usual hygiene measures and connection with food baits have no effect show, get a professional to help, because the little black-brown beetles will disappear on their own not.