Arrrggghh! Carpet Beetle

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comfyoldcardi · 14/03/2021 10:57

Any tips and advice very welcome. I have clearly spent too much time waging war on moths, the carpet beetles have got the upper hand. Presumably they are immune to all the stuff that exterminates moths.

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Screwcorona · 14/03/2021 16:33

You need to find the source of damp or rotten wood. I've had this problem in my living room and the source was a damp porth with rotten wood under the door. Landlord finally sorted after 3years of complaints.

Onedropbeat · 14/03/2021 16:35

I thought it wasn’t warm enough for them to be visible yet?!

Screwcorona · 14/03/2021 16:36

Carpetbeetles/woodlouse cant survive otherwise....the little buggers in my house attracted a happy little, well fed crew of spiders so I didnt like that either

byvirtue · 14/03/2021 17:04

Do you live in the countryside or an old house? If so you will probably be fighting a losing battle. We are in the process of replacing all our lovely wool carpets with synthetic ones as we can’t get rid of the carpet beetle. They are so tiny and can fly in through windows or tiny cracks. Our carpet people said to go synthetic even though I really wanted wool.

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comfyoldcardi · 14/03/2021 17:06

DD took a photo of the one that she spotted on the bath mat today. She had disposed of it, but the photo is clear. There is evidence of munched carpet, but I blamed moths. I have been hoovering and spraying, but I guess moth spray doesn't kill carpet beetles. We have had the heating on from time to time, maybe that is encouraging them.

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comfyoldcardi · 14/03/2021 17:07

@byvirtue

Do you live in the countryside or an old house? If so you will probably be fighting a losing battle. We are in the process of replacing all our lovely wool carpets with synthetic ones

as we can’t get rid of the carpet beetle. They are so tiny and can fly in through windows or tiny cracks. Our carpet people said to go synthetic even though I really wanted wool.

Yes. Very old house and backing onto woodland.

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AntiHop · 14/03/2021 17:15

If you'd only seen one, I wouldn't worry. I see a few every year in my house, never progressed further than that. I've never seen any damage from them.

I got rid of a moth infestation some years back. I'm sure the spray I used was good for carpet beetles too.

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