As their name suggests, carpet beetles infest carpets and other textiles in our homes, such as upholstered furniture. Once inside our homes, they will infest and lay eggs within the carpet.
Carpet beetles feed on keratin, an animal protein that makes upmost of our skin，也称为表皮。许多人将成年地毯甲虫与衣服飞蛾进行比较，因为飞蛾能够在我们的纺织品和织物中以角蛋白为食，例如亚麻布，这些能力在此过程中破坏了这些织物的天然纤维。
Carpet beetle larvae also break down and consume keratin, which is found all over the floors of our homes because humans and animals, such as our dogs or cats, naturally shed. Unfortunately, humans shed between每小时30,000和40,000个皮肤细胞, providing carpet beetle larvae with ample food.
Preventing carpet beetles is far easier than getting rid of these nasty critters once they’ve invaded our home.
In today’s guide, we will cover:
- How To Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
- How To Prevent Carpet Beetles
- How To Identify Carpet Beetles
- Signs & Causes of a Carpet Beetle Infestation
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How To Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
- Start byidentifying the pestsin your home.Carpet beetles are often mistaken for fleas, bed bugs, or clothes moths. Ensure that you have furniture carpet beetles and not anothertype of pest因为这将改变您处理感染物品和房屋的方式。
- 查明地毯甲虫侵扰的主要来源。Is there a specific carpet or rug in your basement that is infested, a wool scarf in your closet, or a bathroom mat that is infested? If you’re lucky, the infestation will not have spread to a large area and will only be in one place, which will make it easier to treat the problem.
- Wash infested items at high temperatures.A clothes dryer can typically generate enough heat to kill carpet beetle eggs and larvae that may be present. Hot water is another excellent way to go about heavily cleaning infested items.
- Throw out heavily infested items.If you don’t eliminate all the carpet beetle eggs present, the problem will continue to persist. If you need to, throw out heavily infested items. Make sure you bag the items in plastic bags before throwing them away to prevent these carpet beetles from spreading to other homes.
- 彻底清洁您的房屋。吸尘和蒸汽清洁可以杀死地毯甲虫幼虫，并消除其食物来源。不允许动物产品（例如角蛋白（皮肤细胞）和动物毛）在您的家中堆积，因为这吸引了会产卵的地毯甲虫。然后，他们的幼虫将以角蛋白和宠物头发为食。因此，保持房屋尽可能清洁，没有动物产品，可以减少地毯甲虫在您家中繁荣发展的机会。
- Apply insecticides on infested carpets and rugs.为织物昆虫（例如地毯甲虫）广告宣传的跳蚤控制产品或农药可能是最有效的。但是，您绝对不要直接在床上用品，衣服或其他触摸您或家人身体的织物上使用杀虫剂，因为这些可能对人类和宠物有毒。取而代之的是，使用热量或冷冻温度来治疗感染的衣服或床上用品。在处理衣服或床上用品时，蒸汽清洁可能非常有效。
If you cannot get rid of the carpet beetles in your house, we recommend immediately contacting aprofessional pest control serviceto kill the carpet beetles.
Professional exterminators are trained to deal with all types of pest problems and can treat your home with a fogger or steam cleaner to eliminate pests. They may also recommenda professional cleaningto eliminate shed skin cells, pet hair, and other things in your carpets that larvae feed on.
如何防止地毯甲虫
Carpet beetlescan be drawn to anyone’s home, and often the first time you have carpet beetles, it is a fluke. However, if you regularly have carpet beetles returning to your home, you’re probably unsuspectingly providing carpet beetles with a suitable environment that allows them to thrive.
Here are some of our top tips for preventing carpet beetles:
Limit how many woolen or animal-based fabrics you have in your home
Vacuum regularly to eliminate dead skin, hair, and dead insects from accumulating in your carpet and textiles
Doing laundry regularly (again, to eliminate dead skin and hair that may accumulate)
Steaming your home
Cleaning dark, sheltered areas of your home, such as attics and rooms that you don’t spend much time in. Adult carpet beetles prefer to lay eggs in these types of areas, so keeping them clean will minimize your risk of carpet beetles.
Have your woolen items or textiles dry cleaned at high temperatures to kill any carpet beetles
Carefully inspect flowers or plants for carpet beetles before bringing them indoors (Adult carpet beetles regularly attach to blooming flowers for nectar)
Put up bug nets over your windows and doors to trap incoming insects. This will prevent carpet beetles from coming in and prevent other insects from coming in and becoming a food source for carpet beetles.
清洁通风孔，以防止棉绒和头发积聚并定期更换空气过滤器
How To Identify Carpet Beetles
有许多类型的地毯甲虫，包括黑地毯甲虫，各种地毯甲虫和普通的地毯甲虫。
作为一个整体,大多数种类的地毯甲虫是卵子l-shaped. Carpet beetles are incredibly tiny and can barely be seen with the naked eye because they are around 1/16th to 1/8th inches long. They come in many colors, including white, black, brown, yellow, and orange. Carpet beetles are sometimes mistaken for fleas, bed bugs, and clothes moths because all of these species have similar calling cards.
跳蚤也侵扰了地毯，大小相似。但是，与地毯甲虫不同，跳蚤会咬人人和动物，例如狗和猫。
Bed bugs infest bedding and furniture like carpet beetles, but they are notorious for biting and feeding on human blood, unlike carpet beetles. Bed bugs are more likely to leave drops of blood on your sheets rather than destroy the actual material as a carpet beetle would.
Clothes moths may be the most difficult to differentiate from carpet beetles. While clothes moths and carpet beetles look very different, both are fabric insects that can cause severe damage to textiles. Both can also digest animal fibers, like leather, silk, and wool. The signs of clothes moths and carpet beetles are similar, so try to spot the insects themselves to help you identify which your home has.
How carpet beetles looks like?
Carpet beetles are incredibly tiny and can barely be seen with the naked eye because they are around 1/16th to 1/8th inches long. They come in many colors, including white, black, brown, yellow, and orange. Carpet beetles are sometimes mistaken for fleas, bed bugs, and clothes moths because all of these species have similar calling cards.
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Signs & Causes of a Carpet Beetle Infestation
While carpet beetles are not poisonous, they do cause massive damage to our homes. Their mouths are built to chew, and they will cause severe damage to your furniture, carpet, and upholstery.
最重要的是，地毯甲虫可以将粪便和唾液留在被遗弃的食物上，这可能会对您和您的家人的健康构成威胁。如果食用受污染的食物，细菌可能会导致您患有危险的感染或疾病。
When inspecting your home for carpet beetles, we recommend checking anywhere with natural fibers, such as:
- Carpets
- Rugs
- Furniture
- Blankets
Carpet beetle larvae particularly likedark areas of our home并可能躲在：
- 车库
- 阁楼
- Cabinets
- Pantries
- Closets
- Basements
- 气管和通风口的内部
但是，成年地毯甲虫更喜欢光线，通常靠近灯具和窗户。如果您发现成年地毯甲虫，请立即检查房屋中较暗的幼虫区域，因为地毯甲虫是在地毯和面料中吃角蛋白的幼虫，从而造成损坏。另一方面，成人地毯甲虫eat dead insects, spices, grains, seeds, flowers, and plants.
这是地毯甲虫侵扰的一些常见迹象：
- Bare spots in carpet or rugs
- 小洞在你的书
- Holes in clothing
- Open spaces in your carpet’s weave
- 地毯或地毯上的大孔（许多地毯甲虫可能已经喂在一起）
- Spotting a carpet beetle (carpet beetles are tiny but not impossible to see with the naked eye)
- Shed larvae skin
- Finding dead beetles, especially near window sills
- 损坏羊毛衣服或毯子
Final Thoughts
Nobody wants to worry about their carpets being destroyed and the possibility of food contamination. If you notice new damage on your carpets, take a moment to examine your carpet closely, looking for signs of chewing. Use a magnifying glass to closely look at the chewing marks and see if you can spot any carpet beetles. Then, do a thorough check of your house, especially in dark, carpeted areas and near windows for bugs.
If you have carpet beetles, act quickly to treat the problem or reach out to a local exterminator to immediately handle your carpet beetle infestation.
