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SweetestOfPeas
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Carpet beetles
for the past month or 2, I have been noticing these TINY little things that look like mini beetles  I usually find them on the wall, but I think they're coming from the carpet.  they move at a snails pace and are the size of a pin head, but ewwwwwwwww!
anyone know how to get rid of them?? I swear we are not slobs
Message edited 5/30/2007 10:28:36 AM.
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kerrycec03
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Re: Carpet beetles
I once saw a special on TV about bed bugs and beetles. I would bleech all your bedding (and clean it) and also clean the carpets. If that doesn't work, def call somebody in.
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| Posted 5/30/07 10:43 AM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Carpet beetles
Posted by kerrycec03
I once saw a special on TV about bed bugs and beetles. I would bleech all your bedding (and clean it) and also clean the carpets. If that doesn't work, def call somebody in.
it's definitely not bed bugs!  OMG I would move  I could swear that I saw a post about this a while back, not sure who it was from though...
ETA: it's in related posts - Lanabean started the thread. I am going to FM her
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Beth
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Re: Carpet beetles
ETA: it's in related posts - Lanabean started the thread. I am going to FM her
I was going to tell you to FM her!
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| Posted 5/30/07 10:52 AM |
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Joanna
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Re: Carpet beetles
You may have larder beetles. I just had them in my apartment. They were all over and definitely by the windows. I think they were appearing more because of the heat. The only positive is that they are so slow that killing them is not a problem. I read that they come from a food source but can move around the house quickly. This past Friday I threw away almost everything - pasta, flour, crackers, old cereals, etc. And they are gone! You can try putting larder beetle in google, pictures of the little buggers come up (that was how I discovered my problem).
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Carpet beetles
Posted by Joanna
You may have larder beetles. I just had them in my apartment. They were all over and definitely by the windows. I think they were appearing more because of the heat. The only positive is that they are so slow that killing them is not a problem. I read that they come from a food source but can move around the house quickly. This past Friday I threw away almost everything - pasta, flour, crackers, old cereals, etc. And they are gone! You can try putting larder beetle in google, pictures of the little buggers come up (that was how I discovered my problem).
omg ewww! I just used google images to look that up and what we have is definitely not larder beetles
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Joanna
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Re: Carpet beetles
Oh no! Sorry it's not larder beetles. During my internet search to discover the name of my bug friends, I found several websites that identify bugs for you (sooo many freaks out there!). Maybe you could try one of them - just try using google with words like - little black bugs, small beetles around the carpet, etc.
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