Help! - Beetles in the bedroom! - Page 4

Dogghound · #31 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 05:33 PM

This beetle is one of the Anobiidae Anobium punctatum by the looks of it, as I said earlier. This is not a carpet beetle.

This is a varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci though.

Neither are black carpet beetles Attagenus unicolor

Jason Green · #32 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 05:42 PM

Sorry Jemma, it's not.

Really though, if you can't find holes or damage, I wonder if they're only newly colonising - in which case probably the best thing you can do is despatch with the adults as-and-when you find them... that'll dent their attempt. I hope.

Good luck

Pippa · #33 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 07:39 PM

This is a carpet beetle and looks similar to your first pic.Hope it helps

Sorry i am not quite used to uploading pics yet.

Dogghound · #34 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 08:25 PM

There seems to be some confusion between the two, the most simple way is the antenna, carpet beetles has short antenna, the woodworm has antenna about 3 times the length of the carpet beetles this can be seen in the photos.

Pippa · #35 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 09:04 PM

Thankyou Dogghound.

Anyway Jemma,hope you get sorted

JemmaD · #36 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 01:17 PM

Good news - I finally found the source of the beetles. I found all the larvae inside a shoe box at the bottom of my wardrobe where there was a set of dried flowers/herbs in a packet!

Would still be interested to know what they were but at least they are gone now!

Thanks for everyone's assistance

Pippa · #37 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JemmaD

Good news - I finally found the source of the beetles. I found all the larvae inside a shoe box at the bottom of my wardrobe where there was a set of dried flowers/herbs in a packet!

Would still be interested to know what they were but at least they are gone now!

Thanks for everyone's assistance

Hope you stick around Jemma,maybe one day