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3bigbass
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 00:48:35
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Anybody else getting loads of these? Up till last year I'd never seen one this far north but I've had half a dozen calls this year already.
Ken Chadwick
www.harrierpestprevention.co.uk |
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The Spotlight Kid
Moderator
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Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 07:55:16
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| None yet Ken. Had a few moths but not beetles. They must have migrated up north. |
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andyb
Senior Member
United Kingdom
452 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 08:56:44
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We have been to a few where others have treated cluster flies in loft voids and the dead flies have not been cleared, huge amounts of adult VCB in windows and surfaces, no larval activity could be found other than on the dead flies.
ANDY B
www.abcomplete.co.uk |
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Iain
Moderator
United Kingdom
733 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 11:59:57
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An interesting 'aside' about the wooly bear larvae that carpet beetles produce. These have long hairs, which can easily become detached, will float through the air and if they get onto the bare skin of sensitive people, will work their way in and cause what seems to be a bite.
This can give rise to insect 'bites', particularly on the lower legs, with no biting insects to be found! Can be mistaken for static electricity problems, where carpet fibres are 'shot' into the skin by static electricity, again causing 'bites' without any insects.
I'm told that older people, with thin skin, can be badly affected.
These hairs are to be found from skin cases as well, so there might not be any live carpet beetles to be found either - just their shed skins.
So, if you come across a mysterious biting insect problem, don't just think 'static' or 'delusory parasititis', it could be the humble carpet beetle too. |
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
261 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 15:51:40
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"So, if you come across a mysterious biting insect problem, don't just think 'static' or 'delusory parasititis', it could be the humble carpet beetle too."
good call iain,interesting, i had one recently where docs had said bedbugs, alls i found was a bunchof larval skins under the bed.
i didnt treat for bb's as there was no evidence,she must have rung me 10 times and i actually (stupidly?) went round a few times to examine "evidence" she kept finding. i'll bet it was those bloody wooly bears and their hairs.
one to remember methinks.
always learning. |
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Tomo
Senior Member
United Kingdom
221 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 20:39:56
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This is a very common pest in my area treates 5 in the last 3 weeks. The hairs are an irritant similar to btm.
Regard's Tomo |
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Varied Carpet Beetle
