Carpet Beetle Control Waltham Forest

 

In Waltham Forest, Attagenus unicolor commonly known as the black carpet beetle and the varied carpet beetle are the two most common carpet beetle known for attacking and destroying fabrics and carpets. It is possible for the carpet beetles to attack synthetic carpets particularly if they are heavily soiled with organic food debris or urine. Many synthetic and woollen carpets are now treated with insecticides at the manufacturing stage making them resistant to carpet beetle attacking.

 

The Anthrenus Verbasci or more commonly known the varied carpet beetle do not only eat carpets their larvae will consume all types of fabric containing or contaminated with natural proteins. The adults are small dark beetles. Female beetles lay on average 40 eggs which hatch out into small grubs. When in the larvae stage of the life cycle they are commonly known as wolly bears these wolly bears resemble small hairy caterpillars.

 

It is very difficult to control and eradicate carpet beetles in Waltham Forest as there usually is many varied routes into homes they want to get in to. Control is usually achieved by thorough vacuuming of the infested areas followed by the application of residual insecticide spray to cracks and other routes the carpet beetles can sneak in. We provide one of our qualified, fully trained technicians that are experienced in carpet beetle eradication when it is convenient for you.