How to get rid of carpet beetles. One of the first things to do is to properly identify the pest. Make sure that you have carpet beetles. Properly identify the pest will allow you to properly get rid of the beetles.

Understanding carpet beetles and their habits. It’s important to understand what carpet beetles do and their habits. Carpet beetles are decomposers. Carpet beetles will eat carpet, but they will also eat a lot of other things. Carpet beetles will eat linens, blankets, sheets, curtains, clothing, house plants, other insects or rodents that have deceased. Often times a thorough inspection and finding the source of the carpet, beetles and reading the source of the carpet beetles will solve the problem. Doing a thorough inspection and cleaning will help significantly.

But what if you don’t find any source inside the home? This is not uncommon. Sometimes the carpet beetles can be above the home in the attic or below the home in the crawlspace/sub area. Doing an inspection of these areas is beneficial also if you were trying to get rid of carpet beetles.

On numerous occasions, carpet beetles have been in the insulation of the crawlspace or attic or eating a deceased rodent in these areas. Carpet beetles are decomposers as stated earlier; and will eat even the debris in the insulation.

Tools that you’ll need for a thorough inspection:

Flashlight, crawl suite, respirator, kneepads, magnifying glass and a notepad.

Look at house plants, both inside and outside the home. Pull out appliances and inspect and clean.

Sticky glue board Pest monitors in the areas that are having the most carpet beetle activity.

Identifying a source and removing it. You can treat the interior with a fogging agent and a liquid concentrate around baseboards. We also recommend vacuuming up any bugs that you see. We recommend a treatment be done by a licensed professional company. Store bought products can make the problem worse!

A pest technician will make recommendations for follow up treatments. Typically these treatment are spaced out 2-4 weeks. It is common to need 2-3 follow up treatments, depending on the level of infestation.