Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle

They re fairly inconspicuous and if you do find one they look a little like a hairy maggot.

Woolly bear carpet beetle.

The small hairy larvae of the carpet or fur beetles are known as woolly bears. Confusingly the carpet beetle larvae are called woolly bears. A nasty shock awaited this customer on moving their sofa a carpet destroyed by carpet moths. The variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird.

These small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest. Last week one of our technicians recorded some amazing footage of a carpet beetle larvae often called a woolly bear. These are mostly brown with white or yellow markings and are covered in short bristly hairs hence their well known woolly bear moniker. As they grow they moult and the old cast off skins may be the first.

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. To see that footage click here. The larvae are small about 4mm long covered in brown hairs and tend to roll up when disturbed.

We again have found some carpet beetle larvae in the cupboard under the stairs. Carpet beetle larvae aka woolly bears don t be fooled by the cuddly name 11 posts add message report. Carpet beetles are oval shaped and difficult to spot as they are only 2 to 4mm long. 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. 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. Verbasci was also the first insect to be shown to have an.

Carpet moth treatment suffolk. As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage. The larvae known as woolly bears of these small oval beetles have outstripped the clothes moths as the major british textile pest. Carpet beetles and wooly bears all categories clothes and carpet moths.