Insect infestation ....not sure if its a wood eater??

Question

Okay , basically i've noticed a odd bug around 20 times in the past month...which in my mind seems a bit odd , but i'm unsure if its the type that might be eating away at my house , i've taken a picture (

formatting link

) its best described as beetle / ladybird type thing it does appear to have wings , brown with light and dark patches, but i've never seen it fly...i've had a look on a some uk local council websites regarding common infestations and also on a few other websites that deal with common building/wood eaters in general , which has drawn a blank.....but if you'll excuse the punn , that is starting to bug me , as i don't like the idea of a infestation and i dislike the idea even more of a wood eating infestation....does anyone recognize or reccomend another forum / website to post to , to help me figure out what this little critter is ?????

EricP · Accepted Answer

Carpet beetle

Dulex · Answer

Wow Thank you :)   just to confirm your right i looked up on google images and found this picture , which is incredibly similar to my own picture....Now to get rid of the buggers....

juliette200 · Answer

How did you get on with treating for these carpet beetles?Did you find a "source" or just random ones around the house? I'veseen some of these in my house, but according to an entemologist Ispoke to there's not a house in the world that does not contain someof these insects to some degree. Apparently if you see more than 5 atany given time this is an indication of something more serious but theodd one or two, particularly in the Spring, is completely normal! I'dstill check woolens and anything derived from animals. If you'reseeing them in a particular room as well this is a good place tocheck. Sometime's they can just live on old hair/dust around skirtingboards though, rather than a particular "source".

Andrew Gabriel · Answer

I've got a couple of carnivorous plants, and I feed the carpet beetles to those. They're quite interesting on the Sundew, where they walk around eating the sugar droplets, until they eventually get stuck, and then the sundew eats them. On the pitcher plant, they like the narcotic-laced nectar, and promptly fall inside to be digested.

Insect infestation ....not sure if its a wood eater??

Join the Discussion

Didn't find your answer?