While getting rid of carpet beetles can be a challenge it s definitely doable on your own.
Carpet eating bugs nz.
Carpet beetles don t usually eat cotton linen or other plant based or synthetic fabrics but they may eat fabric blends or fabrics stained with animal products.
The larvae do all the damage the adults only eat pollen.
In new zealand carpet beetles are often found inside homes warehouses museums and other buildings where they may cause serious damage to clothing furs carpets and other stored fabric items.
The adult carpet beetle is dark brown to oily black in colour and 3mm to 5mm in length.
Deep in the dark recesses of te papa far away from visitors noses is a living and breeding colony of flesh eating beetles.
They shouldn t be overlooked though as they are often found inside homes and warehouses where they can cause catastrophic damage to anything with natural fibres and particles.
Adult beetles are 2 3 mm varied and 3 5 mm long black and resemble ladybirds in shape.
The most common carpet beetles in new zealand are the varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci and the black carpet beetle attagenus unicolor.
Once the eggs hatch the larvae will eat almost anything from woollen socks to animal skins to dried plant products.
They often eat along the edges or.
Adult carpet beetles don t eat carpet or upholstery as they prefer pollen and nectar from outdoor flowers.
They do not eat synthetic materials.
Carpet beetles are found throughout new zealand and can handle lower humidity than clothes moths so are also found inland from the coast.
Carpet beetles are persistent pests that can eat away at your carpets clothing and other fabrics.
One of the less well known of new zealand s pests carpet beetles tend to fly under the radar as far as our call outs go.
When you see signs of an.
Very dead but equally startling is a collection of more than 70 000.
But should you bring them indoors they ll quickly lay their eggs on or near your wool rugs carpets or leather furniture.
The black carpet beetle the australian carpet beetle the common carpet beetle the varied carpet beetle shown the furniture carpet beetle and a close cousin the fur beetle have all been introduced to new zealand and are frequently found devouring the woollens and carpets of new zealand homes.
