Just checking on the maximum life span of a varied carpet beetle, from egg to death of the adult.
The imp.ucanr.edu/pmg site says 10-20 days for eggs to hatch, 220-630 days for the larval stage, 10-13 days for pupation, 2-6 weeks for the adult. The museumpests.net site says " Eggs hatch in 10-20 days. Larvae develop over a 3 - 36 month period and can molt from 5 to 12 times. The pupal stage lasts 6 - 24 days, but the adult may take up to three weeks before it emerges" i.e, well over 3 years. Thanks! --Nancy Nancy Jenner, Curator II California State Parks Statewide Museum Collections Center -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BY5PR09MB54256FEBBCB0DBD165B96FD5B0D02%40BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com.
