Carpet Beetles: Control & Removal Treatments in Croydon
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NMT Pest Control offer a comprehensive Insect control treatment service to residential and commercial customers. We have appointmet slots available throughout the week in Croydon. We also work on bank holiday weekends, we can often treat the Insect problem on the same/next day.
Carpet Beetles in Croydon
The carpet beetle larvae known as woolly bears are the hatchings of the small, oval beetles have surpassed the clothes moth as the uk’s most irritating materials pest. The Variegated Carpet Beetle is 2 to 4mm long, is small, mottled brown, grey and cream. The similar Fur Beetle is black in colour with one spot on each wing case, there is also a Black Carpet Beetle, although much less common.
The carpet beetle larvae look like small (about 4mm long), hairy catapillars and often roll up when spotted. When they grow, they drop their hairs. The hairs often cause a reaction and the reaction is often confused with a bed bug infestation. Adult carpet beetles are usually discovered in April, May and June, looking for egg-laying areas ; The carpet beetle lavae are most active in October before they hibernate.
The adult Carpet Beetle eats pollen and nectar of garden flowers and lays eggs in old birds’ nests, felt, natural material and fluff in properties. It is the larvae from these eggs that cause the damage. They feed on natural material in your home such as feathers, fur, hair, or wool and can to crawl into buildings from roofs into airing cupboards, offering a good food source for the lavae.
The carpet beetle life cycle takes about one year, and the lavae can survivewithout food for many months.
Carpet beetle damage presents as round holes along the seams of material where the lavae chew through the fabric.
NMT Pest Control offer a carpet beetle eradication service. The process is usually takes 1 hour from start to finish. The property then has to be left empty of pets and people for a further 2/3 hours.
NMT Pest Control offer a comprehensive Insect control treatment service to residential and commercial customers. We have appointmet slots available throughout the week in Croydon. We also work on bank holiday weekends, we can often treat the Insect problem on the same/next day.
Carpet Beetles in Croydon
The carpet beetle larvae known as woolly bears are the hatchings of the small, oval beetles have surpassed the clothes moth as the uk’s most irritating materials pest. The Variegated Carpet Beetle is 2 to 4mm long, is small, mottled brown, grey and cream. The similar Fur Beetle is black in colour with one spot on each wing case, there is also a Black Carpet Beetle, although much less common.
The carpet beetle larvae look like small (about 4mm long), hairy catapillars and often roll up when spotted. When they grow, they drop their hairs. The hairs often cause a reaction and the reaction is often confused with a bed bug infestation. Adult carpet beetles are usually discovered in April, May and June, looking for egg-laying areas ; The carpet beetle lavae are most active in October before they hibernate.
The adult Carpet Beetle eats pollen and nectar of garden flowers and lays eggs in old birds’ nests, felt, natural material and fluff in properties. It is the larvae from these eggs that cause the damage. They feed on natural material in your home such as feathers, fur, hair, or wool and can to crawl into buildings from roofs into airing cupboards, offering a good food source for the lavae.
The carpet beetle life cycle takes about one year, and the lavae can survivewithout food for many months.
Carpet beetle damage presents as round holes along the seams of material where the lavae chew through the fabric.
NMT Pest Control offer a carpet beetle eradication service. The process is usually takes 1 hour from start to finish. The property then has to be left empty of pets and people for a further 2/3 hours.