please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
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please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
hello, thanks,
i live in new jersey, united states.
recently, had an increasing number of very small bugs.
they like to climb up walls, very, very slowly. in fact, i have never actually seen them move.
please, i have attached the image of the bug.
so the bug is approx. 1/10 inch = 2.54 mm
thanks very much,
david
i live in new jersey, united states.
recently, had an increasing number of very small bugs.
they like to climb up walls, very, very slowly. in fact, i have never actually seen them move.
please, i have attached the image of the bug.
so the bug is approx. 1/10 inch = 2.54 mm
thanks very much,
david
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Re: please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
Yes, the insect in your photo is a dermestid (carpet beetle) beetle larva -asdffdsa6111 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:56 pm hello, thanks,
i live in new jersey, united states.
recently, had an increasing number of very small bugs.
they like to climb up walls, very, very slowly. in fact, i have never actually seen them move.
please, i have attached the image of the bug.
so the bug is approx. 1/10 inch = 2.54 mm
thanks very much,
david
https://bugguide.net/node/view/6448
One of the most common species found indoors is the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) -
https://bugguide.net/node/view/95010
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Re: please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
hello livingplanet3,
thanks for the confirmation and very interesting.
the bugs seems to be climbing up the walls and maybe staying on the ceiling.
wonder if that have to with the aversion to light or that signifies a change in their growth process.
as i have never seen an actual beetle.
i do not like to kill bugs and have lots of spiders hiding around my one bedroom apartment.
"household strains produce adults in the fall"
so not sure what to do, as cannot afford to wake up on day and a real issue that could affect my neighbors.
and cannot have an exterminator uses deadly chemicals all over my home.
thanks,
david
thanks for the confirmation and very interesting.
the bugs seems to be climbing up the walls and maybe staying on the ceiling.
wonder if that have to with the aversion to light or that signifies a change in their growth process.
as i have never seen an actual beetle.
i do not like to kill bugs and have lots of spiders hiding around my one bedroom apartment.
"household strains produce adults in the fall"
so not sure what to do, as cannot afford to wake up on day and a real issue that could affect my neighbors.
and cannot have an exterminator uses deadly chemicals all over my home.
thanks,
david
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Re: please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
They're not likely to become numerous enough to cause much of an issue. Like many insects that tend to come indoors, they're usually only a very temporary, seasonal problem, and you can probably expect them to disappear before too long. Frequent vacuuming of carpets should help keep them away. I would certainly not resort to using pesticides; these beetles are not in any way dangerous or unhealthy to have around. They exist nearly everywhere on Earth, and in most situations, they're just a minor nuisance - scavengers that make a living searching for small bits of edible debris that can gradually accumulate in carpets, along baseboards, in kitchens, and windowsills.asdffdsa6111 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:29 pm hello livingplanet3,
thanks for the confirmation and very interesting.
the bugs seems to be climbing up the walls and maybe staying on the ceiling.
wonder if that have to with the aversion to light or that signifies a change in their growth process.
as i have never seen an actual beetle.
i do not like to kill bugs and have lots of spiders hiding around my one bedroom apartment.
"household strains produce adults in the fall"
so not sure what to do, as cannot afford to wake up on day and a real issue that could affect my neighbors.
and cannot have an exterminator uses deadly chemicals all over my home.
thanks,
david
They're actually much more of a problem for collectors of dried insect specimens, as these beetles find such material especially attractive as a food source, and will destroy any insect specimens that are not kept stored in tightly-sealed containers.
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Re: please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
ok, time will tell.
and just now, i make a small donation
thanks so much,
david
and just now, i make a small donation
thanks so much,
david
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Re: please help identify, might be "Carpet Beetle Larvae"
A realistic approach. I find exterminators amusing and predatory. Simply trying to keep things clean is the best way, and even then it canasdffdsa6111 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:03 pm ok, time will tell.
and just now, i make a small donation
thanks so much,
david
be frustrating at times, I just dumped out my sugar from a plastic container with a screw top, because somehow ants got in, I prefer my coffee
with half & half, not ants. I still don't know how they did it, what I did find out though, do not dump sugar down the drain in your sink--
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