What You Need To Know To Keep Carpet Beetles Out Of Your Frisco Home

How often do you hear something that blows your mind? Probably not often enough. Well, prepared to have your mind blown! Carpet beetles don't eat carpet. Not even a little bit. If carpet beetles get into your home, they're not going to damage your carpets at all. Carpet beetles eat pollen and nectar. They never eat carpets. Did you hear the tiny little explosion go off inside your head? Okay. Maybe that wasn't as mind blowing as we built it up to be, but it is interesting to consider. Carpet beetles aren't a threat to your property. They're just a warning sign that your property is being damaged. When carpet beetles lay their eggs in your home, their offspring are the critters that present the threat. They're the ones that eat your carpets—assuming your carpets are made from natural fibers. So, as we discuss carpet beetles, and the threat they pose to your belongings, keep in mind that we're not talking about the adult beetle form of the carpet beetle. We're referring to their grub-like larvae. Here's what you need to know most about them.

Carpet Beetles In Texas

We have three carpet beetle species you can expect to find in your home. The common carpet beetle, the varied carpet beetle, and the furniture carpet beetle. Two of these look very similar to one another. You might have trouble telling a varied carpet beetle from a furniture carpet beetle because they both have a mottled mix of brown, black, and white coloration. Common carpet beetles have a fiery orange coloration down the center, and are quite distinctive from the other two. But, being a mere 1/16 of an inch in length, you may have difficulty clearly seeing the difference in coloration between these insects. They're not much bigger than a speck. Would you like to know another mind-blowing fact? The larvae of carpet beetles are larger than the adult beetles. Larvae can be ⅛ to as much as ¼ of an inch long!