lizelard Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Recently i keep finding these little bugs around my house and i dont like it!!! they are smaller than a ladybird but the same shape they are brown/black with creamy yellow markings i am not sure if they fly they like to nestle in grouting in the kitchen arrrhhh!! and often on windowsils can you please help me find out what the little blighters are and if i need to be afraid thanks in advance forumers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em2007 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 bedbugs maybe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Kitty Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Be afraid, be very afraid! They are carpet beetles, as beetles they aren't too harmful, but as larvae (small furry wriggly ugly things!) they will eat anything made of natural fibres; wool, hair, fur etc. I had a lovely plague of them a few years ago and ended up getting the council in to spray the house (£40) which killed the majority of the problem. If you can wash and tumble dry as many clothes etc as you can (or dry clean special items) that will kill most that might be hiding in the wardrobe, then i'm afriad its the bug sprayers for any carpet. Its not fun, but it does work... good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizelard Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 OH MY LIFE!!!! never thought of that. just looked up an image and thankfully they are not bedbugs. Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em2007 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 sooo, you have carpet beetles! i googled, now im itching lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evildrneil Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/bug-forum/?q=node/377 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizelard Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 UNCLEAN!! UNCLEAN!! as we speak i am painting a red cross on the front door and getting the kids to start ringing their bells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Kitty Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 They still freak me out now... its apparently normal of a house to have one or two, but lots is not normal an needs dealing with asap... trust me... I'm still itching... ooh one more bit of advice... if you have a spare freezer, then freezing things for a couple of days (sealed in a plastic bag or two!) will kill the blighters too urgh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evildrneil Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 It's the wooly bears that make you itch - the thought of crawly, itchy fuzziness getting everywhere.. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Kitty Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 NEIL!!! stoppit!!! grrr... nasty things!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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