Moths?

[quinie]

Discovered a small piece of carpet under armchair completely bare!Googled carpet moths and think that could be the cause. Any suggestions on what to do now would be very welcome. i believe moth balls,cedar wood balls,lavender can be used but I'd appreciate advice from someone who has experienced this problem.Thanks for any feedback.

[Euphemia]

The carpet will probably have to be scrapped.

[starone]

My mother once had an infestation of woolly bears (the larvae of the carpet beetle). Moth larvae - Very difficult to get rid of. Moth balls smell awful. And this will only stop future moths. You will have to find the little devils who are busy eating your carpet and to do that you will have to go all over the carpet. Might be easier to get a new carpet, as Euphemia says, and get it treated before you put the furniture back, just in case there are any more hanging around. I think they probably only eat woollen carpets and not stuff like nylon which is man-made, but I am not sure of my facts here. You might be able to google it, or I am sure there are lots of experts on AB who will tell you.

[quinie]

Thanks for replies.I've been thinking about getting a new carpet for a while but the thought of moving everything put me off-we're in our eighties and would need help.I'm definitely going ahead now and I'll take your advice Starbuckone. First time this has happened-gives me the creeps!!!

[RATTER15]

Check the underside of all your furniture and all the edges and dark corners etc. search for pupae they will only attack carpets that have natural fibres, they prefer wool. you will need a pest controller to get rid of these pests before they do more damage.

[RATTER15]

DO NOT buy new carpet before getting the property professionally treated or they will attack that as well.

[Prudie]

I've suffered from this really badly this year and have bare patches in a lot of rooms. It was carpet beetles rather than moths (the beetles look like tiny black and grey ladybirds and their pupae like very large grains of paper rice). We had to get some spray (from amazon) and treated every room but I wish I'd checked earlier what the little beetles on all the windowsills were.

[boxtops]

O my

http://www.flickr.com...eslenobel/6832553156/

[quinie]

Hi Prudie,your description of the pupae makes me think it might be carpet beetles and not moths as there was stuff like that on the carpet. The question now is are they difficult to treat? I'll definitely get a new carpet at some point.Thank you RATTER15 for your advice. Does it still hold good for the beetles?

[RATTER15]

The treatment is the same for both depending on what company carries out the treatment.

[RATTER15]

https://www.google.co...ELAE&biw=1680&bih=935

[quinie]

Thanks again Ratter for your help.Will wait till after my holiday then take action.
Hi,boxtops thank you for that!!!!

[Hopkirk]

Listen to Ratter.

He is our resident expert on such things.

[quinie]

Yes, I definitely will,Hopkirk.Was thinking I might put down wooden flooring instead of a new carpet!

[Mosaic]

Your carpet will be done for, but you can kill the remaining infestation by liberal use of a steamer.
Eat steam, you moth-ers