A barbed elongated structure with an arrow-shaped tip was identified in a routine conventional cervical smear from a 43-year-old woman. The appearance was typical of hastiseta of the carpet beetle larva, an insect of the family Dermestidae and the order Coleoptera. A few carpet beetles, including the black carpet beetle (Attagenus piceus) and carpet beetles of the Anthrenus species, are globally distributed. Hastisetae and spinulose setae are the different hairs that cover the body and legs of carpet beetle larvae. Hastisetae arising from transverse segments (tergites) of the organism are the parts more commonly found in cervical smears.