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Katrin Your photo is of a carpet beetle. Adults mainly occurr in spring, but may be found the whole year round in heated rooms. They get the name because the larva are known to feed on wool carpets. The larva also feed on dead insects and anything with animal hair, fur or feathers. Therefore they may cause considerable damage to anything in your home that contains wool(carpets, clothes), fur(coats, rugs), feathers(pillows, comforters, jackets), and any artifact collections that have those products.. Adults are said to feed on pollen of flowers, not sure what they eat in our homes but they manage! :-) If they cause a problem to your household things, to control them the best thing to do is vacuum items often, keep clothing and other items in cedar chests or closets.

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