That's exactly what carpet beetles like to do, and after finding one on my pillow, I immediately turned to pest control ...

These tiny bugs love fabrics and are tricky to remove. Carpet beetles are small, oval bugs with a marbled pattern or dark exterior; their larvae tend to eat natural fibers, pet fur, and feathers.

It is the immature larvae forms that cause the damage, rather than the adult beetles. There are three native species in Britain of the Anthrenus genus, of which the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus ...