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About Us
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Introduction
Adult Carpet Beetles feed on the pollen of flowers. When
they get indoors, however, the young (larvae) of these insects can be
serious pests.
Larvae are carrot-shaped with tufts of bristles at their
back ends. They feed on materials of animal or vegetable origin, such as
woolens, carpets, hair, lint, fur, feathers, hides, cereals, stored grain,
dried flowers, dead rodents, dead insects and debris in old bird and wasp
nests. They may be found in closets and drawers, under the edges of
carpeting, inside pianos, in attics and wall voids, in kitchen cupboards and
even inside furniture. They are often first noticed when they climb walls in
search of places to build their cocoons.
Prevention
Thorough, regular cleaning of areas where these pests could
be found is needed. Vacuum baseboard areas, carpeting, furniture, air ducts
and cracks around the edges of shelves and drawers to remove all lint. Clean
clothing before storing it. Inspect the attic and remove old birds' nests
and wasps' nests. Screen windows and vents and caulk all openings through
which the beetles could enter. Use traps instead of poisons to control rats
and mice so the dead rodents can be removed. If feasible, open walls after
controlling carpenter ants or wasps and remove the dead insects.
Control
Regular thorough cleaning is often all that is needed to
control small infestations of carpet beetles. Elimination of heavy
infestations, however, can be very difficult. Thorough cleaning and the
careful application of appropriate insecticides can usually prevent serious
carpet beetle damage. Complete elimination of the pests, however, may
require opening walls and lifting carpets to find and remove the sources of
the infestation.
To see some of the application and control equipment and materials we use to
manage insect and bug pests click here.
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If you need service
for co ntrolling a
Carpet Beetle infestation, call
us now.
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PES Professional Ecological Services Ltd.
98-B Burnside Road West, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V9A 1B5
Phone: (250) 383-2445
Fax: (250) 383-6775
e-mail: pestvictoria@shawbiz.ca
We provide professional integrated pest
management (IPM) services, a high-tech form of pest control. We are called
professional pest managers, not exterminators or fumigators. We provide
pest management, not extermination or fumigation. Excluding pests before they
cause a pest offence is a good example of IPM at work.
If You Need Professional
Services from Your Pest Control and
Pest
Management Experts,
for pests in Greater Victoria, British Columbia (B.C. or BC), Canada
Contact Us Now!
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February 2002
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