Carpet Beetles

Varied, furniture and black carpet beetles

Tiny beetles whose fuzzy larvae chew holes in wool rugs, upholstery and stored textiles.

When they're worstSpring and summer for adults. Larvae feed all year.

Where they thriveWool rugs, upholstery, stored clothing, lint under radiators and baseboards, dry goods.

Where they thrive

Wool rugs, upholstery, stored clothing, lint under radiators and baseboards, dry goods.

Adults eat pollen outside and come in to lay eggs. The fuzzy striped larvae do the damage.

Common in apartments, hotels, retail stockrooms and anywhere natural fibers sit undisturbed.

How we get rid of them

Vacuum edges and under radiators, launder or seal stored textiles, crack and crevice treatment.

Museums keep colonies of their cousins to clean flesh off skeletons.

Late summer's uninvited guests at outdoor dining, trash corrals and anywhere sugar sits out.

The biggest ants in New York, carving tunnels through damp wood in brownstones and older buildings.

An East Asian invader that gathers on sunny walls each fall and slips inside to spend the winter.

Book a free inspection. We'll find where they're coming from and send you a written plan.