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Carpet Moths (Case Bearing) - What Are They?
Carpet Moth Control: Bristol has a variety of carpet eating moths and carpet beetle species. Below we have listed the most common and important information requested by our customers about carpet moths
Carpet Moth Larvae
Carpet moth larvae are highly distinctive in appearance. As the first image on the page clearly shows, The carpet moth larvae develop within a sheath of silk and carpet fibres, that steadily grows in size as the larvae grows to maturity and finally pupates.
These grubs are often described to us as small, moving grains of rice. The colour can vary greatly depending on the color of the carpet or rug being consumed. This also means that in some cases the caterpillars can remain well concealled and camoflaged.
Where Do Carpet Moth Larvae Live?
Carpet moth larvae are most commonly found in dark areas where they are unlikely to be disturbed for long periods.
The Most Common Areas Of Carpet Moth Larvae Activity Include:
> Large Items Of Furniture - Under book shelves, puanos, sofas and sideboards etc.
> Storage Areas - Carpets etc, stored in attics, lofts, crawl spaces and garages.
> Room Edges/Perimeters - Especially behind large items of static and moveable furniture.
> Cupboards - carpets in storage cupboards and built in wardrobes.
What Do Carpet Moth Larvae Feed On?
Small numbers of textile moth larvae tend to go unnoticed, but in undisturbed areas like beneath larger items of furniture, even small numbers of larvae will cause noticeable damage. Larger infestations of larvae, quickly destroy your carpets, rugs, clothes and associated natural fibre textiles. Textile pests have a liking for what makes up all animal hair, - the protein Keratin, which is the preferred food of their larvae (pictured above).
Wool and wool mix Carpets are most at risk, especially in humid areas like bathrooms, and because natural fibre carpets represent a significant investment, they deserve to be well protected.
In many cases only professional control methods and products can tackle and eliminate carpet moth problems effectively and very often, a variety of control methods need to be implemented together, to achieve satisfactory control quickly.
What Damage Can Carpet Moths Cause?
Moths can emerge at any time of year inside a warm property where they developed as larvae, however, they are restricted by the climate outdoors, being commonly associated with animal fur and bird feathers. The adults are on the wing outdoors from May until September.
What Damage Will A Carpet Moth Create?
The Adult Carpet Moths "ARE NOT" damaging your carpet - it's the carpet moth larvae causing the damage!
Home owners commonly replace damaged carpets like for like, thinking the carpet was the problem, when in fact it was the moths, entering the property usually in the warm summer months, that started the infestation by laying their eggs on suitable natural products.
It's all too easy to think that the moths are the problem, when in fact these are only part of the common carpet moths lifecycle and NOT the part that actually causes the damage to carpets etc. Your carpets get stripped bare by the carpet moth larvae.
Should I Remove The Carpet?
In a small number of cases, replacement carpets is the only economically feasible option.
Before you remove affected carpets and re-lay new ones, you should consider a band treatment of residual insecticide around the edges of the room to ensure that any existing infestation is stopped in its tracks and is unable to infest the new carpets or rugs etc, that you are putting down.
Carpet Moth Control - The Options:
The Most Common Methods Of Carpet Moth Control:
> House Keeping - Carpet cleaning & intensive vacuuming with a rotary brush vacuume
> Spring Cleaning - Cleaning into the darkest recesses and moving furniture to enable this.
> Heat and Steam - Steam is a superb sanitizer and will definately help, but not solve.
> Repellents - No single repellent exists that is effective against Carpet Moths.
> Fumigaton and Fogging - This is nomally on effective against adult moths.
> Residual Sprays - Acheives a very high level of immediate and lasting, residual control.
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Bristol Carpet Moth Control: Getting rid of Common Carpet Moths and other insects like Textile Pests, Beetles and Wasps is not as simple as many pesticide manufacturers will lead you to believe. The chemicals or poisons on offer in supermarkets and shops often have a fraction of the effect that is achieved through professional products and this means you are likely to get through many cans of treatment without actually achieving full control. As the only Bristol Carpet Moth Control exterminator offering a dedicated carpet moth control service, we are able to guaranteed our results to be effective in controlling carpet moth damage.
Environmental health services, are all about understanding the pests you are trying to eliminate or prevent so you can make the environment less conducive to them. Carpet Moth Larvae for example like to be undisturbed so vacuuming around the edges of newly carpeted rooms and under sofas would allow you to control them before they cause additional damage. By understanding your pest, you are able to plan control in advance, before infestation reoccurs and the cost of both carpet repair and pest elimination becomes high.
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