ヒメカツオブシムシ

noun

black carpet beetle

Refers specifically to the species Attagenus unicolor japonicus, a common household pest in Japan. The name is usually written in katakana.

• ヒメカツオブシムシの幼よう虫ちゅうは衣い類るいを食しょく害がいする。

  The larvae of the black carpet beetle damage clothing.

• 押おし入いれでヒメカツオブシムシを見みつけた。

  I found a black carpet beetle in the closet.