The small hairy larvae of the carpet or fur beetles are known as woolly bears.
Carpet woolly bears.
A nasty shock awaited this customer on moving their sofa a carpet destroyed by carpet moths.
Tamashii wed 15 sep 10 12 08 37.
As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage.
They have an elongated body which is covered in hair or large setae.
Their hairy bodies will irritate your skin.
It is not actually the moths which cause the damage but instead their larvae which feed on wool and natural fibres.
These are mostly brown with white or yellow markings and are covered in short bristly hairs hence their well known woolly bear moniker.
The larvae of carpet beetles are referred to as woolly bears.
Carpet beetle larvae aka woolly bears don t be fooled by the cuddly name 11 posts add message report.
I had noticed a couple of beetles a few months back and got rid but they must have laid some eggs in there and now we have.
Final note of caution.
The larvae are small about 4mm long covered in brown hairs and tend to roll up when disturbed.
The varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci is a 3 mm long beetle belonging to the family dermestidae they are a common species often considered a pest of domestic houses and particularly natural history museums where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets furniture clothing and insect collections.
The related fur beetle is black with one spot on each wing case and there is a rarer black carpet beetle.
Carpet beetles are oval shaped and difficult to spot as they are only 2 to 4mm long.
It grows up to 5 mm in length.
Carpet moth treatment suffolk.
Carpet beetles and wooly bears all categories clothes and carpet moths.
We carry a huge range of carpet beetle products our range includes traps sprays pheromones and kits we have put together with advice sheets to guide you in your quest to eradicate a carpet beetle problem.
If you think you have an infestation of woolly bears be careful.
These small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.
We again have found some carpet beetle larvae in the cupboard under the stairs.
The variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird.
At cleankill we have considerable experience in dealing with carpet beetles and other pests bed bugs clothes moths etc.
The larvae known as woolly bears of these small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.
