What Has Eaten My Carpet

Robert child and david pinniger two of the uk s foremost experts on pest management in the historic environment investigate carpet beetles and clothes moths considering the life cycles of these insect pests.

What has eaten my carpet.

Just think a room of twenty square meters of wool carpet would be heaven for them providing a plentiful land to live reproduce and spread for. You can destroy most larvae by vacuuming your house thoroughly. Carpet beetles do the most damage as larvae because they are on the hunt for food. That s why you need to teach them and have them learn that digging into your carpet is a no no.

The small caterpillars then proceed to devour the wool and other natural fibres in your carpet. Josh with the carpet repair guys quickly demonstrates how to professionally repair a large damaged carpeted area at a bedroom entry. Our carpets are now in the bin and our new ones are on order wool ones ordered before we found the little buggers i am beside myself to think we may lay them just to get eaten. Damage from carpet moth wool carpet pile has been eaten away underneath where a small plant pot had stood the only interest in carpeting for a carpet moth is the protein value of the natural fibres.

Carpet beetles are repelled by cedar wood and furniture. If you are in the san. Signs that they are present. Spray if you are able to lift the edges of the carpet 30 cm.

In addition to vacuuming make sure you keep on top of your carpet cleaning. They also nibble on pollen hair dried animal remains and other dead insects that tend to accumulate in your rugs. This will remove any eggs which may be in or on your carpet as well as clean up any hair skin or food debris which the larvae need to survive. How to get rid of carpet beetle and clothes moth infestations in carpets.

Carpet moths and their larvae like warm humid environments. If you believe you have an infestation store your clothes and other fabrics inside cedar dressers. The types of damage they cause. Signs you have carpet moths include.

We have some great carpet cleaning advice here. And how to prevent monitor and treat infestations by these species in line with the legal requirements of the eu biocides. That photo could have been from my phone. The same treatment will control both these pests.

Loose carpet fibres where the larvae have eaten the knots in your rug. Vacuum under the edge then spray the floor below and the underside of the carpet with no bugs super put the carpet back down and lightly spray the upper surface in a band about a metre wide around the.