Unfortunately, carpet beetles don’t just go away on their own and require immediate intervention. We spoke to professional insect exterminators about the signs to watch for and how to get rid of ...

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The adults live between two and six weeks. The larvae of carpet beetles are voracious feeders and can cause considerable damage to woollens and to dried insect and mammal collections. They will not ...