what are these buggers

they remind me of lady bugs, but thier just little fuckers up to no good.
some have tann-ish strips/dots, some black stripes/dots.
they have feet?? and wings.

also, the other insect seen seems to be larvae gnats or mosquitos.
any idea on either?

thought maybe they are mealy bugs, but to me mealy bugs look like silver fish a bit.

POssibly aphids or they do look similar to a carpet beetle.



Try google images to see if the matc up.



J

carpet beetles!!

never would of known the name without your help, thanks.
they fuck with everything, from animal hair to plants and even furniture.
makes me feel like i should vacuum or tear down the house.
wonder why there seems to be only a few, and soley in the grow area. i've seen those little black water bugs that crawl up the foundation when flooded with water. sound familiar? their prolly cool.
again much appreciated.

No worries my man.

Here in the UK carpet beetles have weird colours, Mainly are striped rather than the multi colour ones you have there.

Is there carpet in your grow room?


I have had the occasional carpet beetle in my grow room, i use neem oil every two weeks and after they take a bite they seem to die.


Its the larvae of them that actually eat all sorts of crap lol,


Are you concerned about using a chemical to help?

I have successfully used a hot shots no pest strip to kill these too. Once the vapour from the strip gets them it kills them and they almost turn to dust when you crush them lol its cool as fuck lol



J

yeah theres carpet in the room. when u suggested capret beetle, i though you just made some shit up cause you saw carpet in the pic. fuckin' carpet beetles.
lights in the closet, i got a 4'x4' board to 'protect' floor with a piece of white paper over it.
now im thinking there just chilin between the side of the board and wall.
i'm gonna try some of those pest strips. seems like less of a regiment.