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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: fabric
Controlling Clothes Moths

Spotting a small moth fluttering around your closet then discovering damaged fabric or other items can be shocking. Upon further inspection, you may even see the silken webs spun by the larvae, or the droppings they leave behind. Clothes moth larvae...
Do You Have Carpet Beetles in Your Home?
![Carpet beetle final-instar larval cast skin and adult. [D.Choe] Carpet beetle final-instar larval cast skin and adult. [D.Choe]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/42403small.jpg)
Have you noticed small, rounded beetles that resemble miniature lady beetles crawling your home lately? If so, you may have carpet beetles. Carpet beetles can be pests in homes, museums, and warehouses, where they feed on food such as fabric, wool...