Carpet beetle in saxifrage?

[Bruce Williams]

Northants garden. White flowered saxifrage full of these beetles. They look so much like carpet beetles that they just have to be carpet beetles (don't they?).

Comments please:



Bruce

[Matt Smith]

Yes they are.

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks Matt....I'd not given it much thought before but had just assumed that carpet beetles lived inside buildings .

Bruce

[Bruce Williams]

...have since read that adults feed on pollen and appear to be especially fond of white or cream flowers. Here's a link to an earlier WAB thread: Varied carpet beetle

Bruce