Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle

These small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.

Woolly bear carpet beetle.

The variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird. Carpet beetles are oval shaped and difficult to spot as they are only 2 to 4mm long. The related fur beetle is black with one spot on each wing case and there is a rarer black carpet beetle. The larvae known as woolly bears of these small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.

The larvae of carpet beetles are small only growing to about 7mm at most. 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. We again have found some carpet beetle larvae in the cupboard under the stairs. Last week one of our technicians recorded some amazing footage of a carpet beetle larvae often called a woolly bear.

The small hairy larvae of the carpet or fur beetles are known as woolly bears. 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. They re fairly inconspicuous and if you do find one they look a little like a hairy maggot. That is also a common name for the caterpillar of the garden tiger moth arctia caja.

Tamashii wed 15 sep 10 12 08 37. In the uk carpet beetles and clothes moths are the biggest threat to our textiles. It is not actually the moths which cause the damage but instead their larvae which feed on wool and natural fibres. A nasty shock awaited this customer on moving their sofa a carpet destroyed by carpet moths.

These are mostly brown with white or yellow markings and are covered in short bristly hairs hence their well known woolly bear moniker. Carpet beetle larvae aka woolly bears don t be fooled by the cuddly name 11 posts add message report. The larvae are small about 4mm long covered in brown hairs and tend to roll up when disturbed. Verbasci was also the first insect to be shown to have an.

As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage. Carpet moth treatment suffolk. Carpet beetles and wooly bears all categories clothes and carpet moths. Confusingly the carpet beetle larvae are called woolly bears.