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Woolly bears carpet beetles.
Last week one of our technicians recorded some amazing footage of a carpet beetle larvae often called a woolly bear.
In the uk carpet beetles and clothes moths are the biggest threat to our textiles.
Carpet beetles consists of antennae that are segmented.
The variegated carpet beetle is 2 to 4mm long like a small mottled brown grey and cream ladybird.
As is so often the case it is the larva that does all the damage.
It is not actually the moths which cause the damage but instead their larvae which feed on wool and natural fibres.
It grows up to 5 mm in length.
The related fur beetle is black with one spot on each wing case and there is a rarer black carpet beetle.
The larvae of carpet beetles are referred to as woolly bears.
These are mostly brown with white or yellow markings and are covered in short bristly hairs hence their well known woolly bear moniker.
Carpet moth treatment suffolk.
A nasty shock awaited this customer on moving their sofa a carpet destroyed by carpet moths.
Carpet beetles are oval shaped and difficult to spot as they are only 2 to 4mm long.
They have an elongated body which is covered in hair or large setae.
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.