While getting rid of carpet beetles can be a challenge it s definitely doable on your own.
Carpet pests australia.
Robert child and david pinniger two of the uk s foremost experts on pest management in the historic environment investigate carpet beetles and clothes moths considering the life cycles of these insect pests.
Carpet beetle larvae will eat all manner of animal material including wool fur silk felt feathers and leather.
These insect pests can infect a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and destroy them.
Khapra beetle has been detected and eradicated in australia in the past after being found inside packages which were stored in infested shipping containers.
The types of damage they cause.
Carpet moths the webbing moth and the case making moth don t look like much at first.
Because of the trouble the carpet beetle can cause all carpet sold by australian manufacturers contain these chemicals.
Carpet treatment and protection.
How to recognise them.
They have a small wing span only 14 to 18 mm.
When you see signs of an infestation including.
To protect against insect attack woolen carpet yarn is treated with an insect resistant chemical to woolmark standard cp 4 2013.
Larvae typically are light brown to black and covered in dense sometimes barbed hairs.
Signs that they are present.
In australia there are two fruit fly species that are of major concern to home gardeners and commercial fruit growers queensland fruit fly bactrocera tryoni and the mediterranean fruit fly ceratitis capitata.
Three distinct golden hairs are located upon the abdomen at this.
Synthetics aren t so much at risk.
Most species of carpet beetle measure 1 to 4 mm in length as adults.
Carpet beetles are persistent pests that can eat away at your carpets clothing and other fabrics.
Pyrethrum and bifenthrin are used.
The eggs are only 1mm long but once hatched into larvae search for food immediately and along with wool can consume cotton linen and silk.
Carpet beetles are found throughout australia and can handle lower humidity than clothes moths so are also found inland from the coast.
And how to prevent monitor and treat infestations by these species in line with the legal requirements of the eu biocides.
The larvae do all the damage the adults only eat pollen.
This is safe to humans.
The following pests in particular are infamous for sneaking into homes uninvited and damaging oriental rugs upholstery and carpet.
Their bodies are oval shaped.
Australian carpet beetle anthrenocerus australis furniture carpet beetle anthrenus flavipes black carpet beetle attagenus unicolor learn more below about the different types of textile pests found in australia.
