Carpet Beetles

Carpet Beetle Control

Carpet beetles, which belong to the family of beetles called dermestids, are pests normally found in warehouses, homes, museums, and other locations where suitable food exists. Grown-up beetles feed on seeds, plants, and flowers. Adult carpet beetles can live both indoors and outdoors, yet female carpet beetles prefer to lay eggs where larval sustenance sources are plentiful. These pests enter homes through doors, windows, and other ways for entrances. They can also be acquired by method for cut plants and flowers. Some carpet beetles can live inside the homes of flying creatures (birds) or other animals. Additionally, they can also live in walls or chimneys, feeding on dead insects and animals.

Carpet beetle infestations tend to go unnoticed for extensive stretches of time, enabling them to cause severe damage to bedding, garments carpets, and furniture during the larval stage of carpet beetles. Larvae feed in dark, undisturbed areas on a various dead animals and animal products such as wool, silk, leather, pet hair, and feathers. Though, occasionally they feed on stored products such as certain spices and grains, but they do not benefit from synthetic fibres. Finally, beetles are among the most difficult indoor pests to control due to their ability to discover sustenance in obscure places and to scatter widely throughout a building. Successful control requires a professional pest control as these pests can cause significant damage.