Don’t let carpet beetles take over your home. Here are five methods for getting rid of carpet beetles and how to keep them ...

A carpet beetle infestation is no fun for anyone, but there are ways to get these annoying pests out of your home -- and stop them from coming back.

Carpet beetle larvae can cause damage to natural fibres while they feed, leaving holes in throws and clothes. If attached to clothing, the bristly hairs can also irritate human skin.

An adult black carpet beetle is about 1/8 of an inch long and black. It can fly and crawl, much like all other types of beetles. As larvae, the beetles eat natural fibers.

They range in color from black to speckled with white, brown, yellow, and orange. Larvae — young carpet beetles — are 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, and tan or brownish.

Once a home is invaded the adult female beetles can lay up to 100 eggs, which hatch into larvae in one to two weeks. The larvae will develop under a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions.

Pest control experts share how to get rid of carpet beetles and larvae, ... but Wang says the black carpet beetle is the most common. It’s small, black, oval, and 1/8 to 3/16 inches.

Signs that carpet beetles have already invaded your home include molted larva skins, brownish in color and shell-like in appearance. Holes in or damage to upholstery and other materials that ...

Carpet beetles also reproduce at a high rate, making them hard to spot at times in the egg and larva stages. The larvae are usually about an 1/8-inch long, tan and covered in hairy bristles.

Seeing adult carpet beetles in the home can signify that larvae have been laid somewhere. Adult carpet beetles are attracted to light, so you are likely to find them around bulbs and windows. Signs of ...