tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492998686791429937.post5285069090644893855..comments2023-10-10T07:45:21.968-04:00Comments on Jujukat's World: Carpet Beetles?Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159689861515802733noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492998686791429937.post-68437049579260852672008-07-07T15:49:00.000-04:002008-07-07T15:49:00.000-04:00I think I am a clean person. I keep a tidy house,...I think I am a clean person. I keep a tidy house, vacuum once a week, wash my floors once a week, washing my clothes and bedding once a week.<BR/><BR/>I have noticed a few carpet beetle larvae in my house (split level). Mostly upstairs, in my bedroom of all places. And a few in the livingroom. I frantically tore my bedroom apart, and I was finding them in my dresser, closet floor, behind my bed, and in the corners. UGH!!! I immediately washed all the clothes (7 hours worth), took my mattress and boxspring to the dump. I vacuumed, 4 times the baseboards and floor, shampooed the carpet, sprayed carpet beetle bug spray, then headed to the furniture store and bought a new bedset and mattress set.<BR/><BR/>Next day I started on the living room, thankfully I have laminate flooring. I only found a couple larvae on the floor, BUT...... I saw one come out of the loveseat!!! I took the living room furniture to the dump, vacuumed 4 times, washed the floor, sprayed bug spray, and once again headed to the furniture store.<BR/><BR/>It took 3 days of cleaning - 12 hours each day, 24 loads of laundry, and $3000 in new furniture. And countless clothing and blankets thrown away. I may have gone a little over board, but I can't stand the thought of those things crawling around. Look at them with a magnifying glass - they are GROSS!<BR/><BR/>I still found 1 yesterday, and 1 today. <BR/><BR/>Today I will start the process all over again - downstairs.<BR/><BR/>All in all, I feel much better and believe I can eliminate them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com