After more trolling the net I found out that carpet beetles love dust bunnies and spider webs which unfortuntley have plenty of. They also love to feast on dead mice in between walls and attics (better not have any of that) so I think I made lots of progress this weekend I almost vaccumed the entire house and threw away a ton of shit. I also found a hatchery of some sort so I think we should see a major reduction in the number of beetles bobbing around (found two today) alas if they start up like last week I’m going to have to call a steam cleaner man.
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Go Away Carpet Beetles
So as of last week I have had Carpet Beetles freely roaming my house going from window sill to window sill and various corners and walls between. I am going crazy because they can fly, thankfully they are dumb as nails. They never fly away when I add them to the ziplock of death.
I have yet to figure out why they’re in my home or if they are invading my neighbors but it’s inexplicable! The closest guess anyone has made is that they came from the birds nests in the trees in my courtyard (located directly in front of my front door) I have killed at least 20 actual beetles and 1 larva worm (EEEEWWW!)
The best part of the story is that my landlord does not give a flying rat’s dick. He even tried to blame me like they’re roaches (which are directly related to dirty tenants… which we are not) Then he tried telling me it’s an HOA thing and to get an exterminator from craigslist!! Hopefully they plow right thru the carpet and he can regret not giving a f when he was told bugs that eat carpet were infesting his property.
I am currently trying to rid my household of these tiny little beetles and will post if I find a sure thing that is cost effective as well as effective at removing the beetles.
