The larva will also eat dry cheese, flour or cocoa occasionally.

[1] It is considered a pest, as it damages, among others, the skin of taxidermied animals, such as polar bears and big cats in museums.

It has a round shape and its dark elytra are spotted with bright colors.

To lay eggs, the female seeks nooks, carpets, flooring or wool to hide and to assure a food supply for the larvae.

[1] Generally cosmopolitan (appears in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Australia).