Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle

The larvae known as woolly bears of these small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.

Woolly bear carpet beetle.

The larvae of carpet beetles are small only growing to about 7mm at most. 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 variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird.

To see that footage click here. These are mostly brown with white or yellow markings and are covered in short bristly hairs hence their well known woolly bear moniker. As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage. They re fairly inconspicuous and if you do find one they look a little like a hairy maggot.

Carpet moth treatment suffolk. Confusingly the carpet beetle larvae are called 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. The small hairy larvae of the carpet or fur beetles are known as woolly bears.

Verbasci was also the first insect to be shown to have an. In the uk carpet beetles and clothes moths are the biggest threat to our textiles. Carpet beetle larvae aka woolly bears don t be fooled by the cuddly name 11 posts add message report. These small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest.

That is also a common name for the caterpillar of the garden tiger moth arctia caja. 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. Tamashii wed 15 sep 10 12 08 37. 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.

As they grow they moult and the old cast off skins may be the first. 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. Last week one of our technicians recorded some amazing footage of a carpet beetle larvae often called a woolly bear.