Varied Carpet Beetle

The varied carpet beetle prefers to lay their eggs away from direct sunlight, making under rarely moved furniture an ideal harbourage. The larvae eat Keratin, a protein which is found in the carpet fibres & will therefore quite literally eat holes in your carpet & cause serious damage. They will also lay eggs on other suitable materials such as clothing, leather goods, furniture & soft furnishings. They will appear through an open window in summer months. Remember it is not the adults themselves that cause the direct damage to carpets, but the larvae which comes from the eggs that they lay.