Type of Caterpillar

[Doug Yanega]

>Hi--
>
>(I hope I am asking the right group.)

Well, it doesn't much matter if you use a phony e-mail address and no one
can send you an answer.

>Today, I found five catepillars crawling around in my house, and I want to
>know what they are.
>They are about 2 1/2" - 3 1/2" in length, pink on the top, kinda gray on the
>bottom, and have spurts of hair on the head and tail.
>
>I think they came from some carpet I put outside my house a week ago, but
>when I looked up the descriptions on "carpet moths" it stated they don't get
>any larger than 1 inch.

That's 'cause they ain't moths. They're carpet beetle larvae.

Peace,


Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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