Carpet beetle larva (likely)

Homes, especially carpets, upholstered furniture, closets, and stored natural-fiber materials; adults often occur outdoors on flowers.

Larvae eat keratin-rich materials such as wool, fur, feathers, hair, and dead insects. Adults primarily feed on pollen and nectar.

Larvae hide in dark, undisturbed areas and may shed bristly skins; they develop through several molts before pupating. Adults are small, rounded beetles that may enter homes from outdoors.

Larvae can damage woolens, rugs, clothing, and taxidermy, but they do not bite or transmit disease. They help decompose animal remains outdoors.