I'll try to "raise" them. How long am I looking at do you think?

Thanks for the info. It's relieved my wife to no end who already threw out hundreds of dollars worth of bedding and hasn't let my daughter in the room for a couple of days now.

Thanks again, and if all goes well, I'll submit more pics tracking the growth.

-ren

...and sorry to intrude on someone else's ID, but I find similar larva around my house all the time and would love to figure out what they will become. How does one go about "keeping" them with out killing them? (i.e., What should you keep them in? What should you feed them?, etc.)

...for the helpful advice. Looks like I'll have to wait to try it out though, as there never seems to be any larvae when you're actually looking for them!

I'm guessing the contributor doesn't have them around any more, either. : )

Anthrenus verbasci. They are all too easy to "keep." Any container with pinholes for air and a tight-fitting lid will do. The larvae will thrive on a steady diet of dead bugs from your windowsills. For all the damage they cause, they produce only one generation a year, seemingly regardless of temperature or other conditions (at least, based on my personal experience with culturing these). Keep them well away from any collected insect specimens you have. They always seem to single out your favorites for chewing up.

seems to work pretty well and is easy to get.