Case Moth

If the insects are damaging your carpets the larvae are likely to be underneath where they chew through the fibres leaving the upper fibres to come loose and you will see bare patches of carpet appearing.

To get rid of case moth larvae follow these simple steps:

1. Lift the bare patches of carpet (usually around the edges) and spray the back of the carpet and floors with NO Bugs Super, NO Bugs Indoor or NO Fleas Total Protection.
2. If the carpet cannot be lifted easily then spray the upper surface heavily with NO Spiders Total Protection.
3. Then spray the top of the carpet lightly when it is laid back down. This should kill any larvae and protect the carpet from further attack for up to 6 months. A light spray around the edges of carpets every 6 months will help prevent attack again in the future.
4. If the carpet is so badly damaged it needs replaced be sure to spray the floors and skirting before laying new carpet.
5. Install and monitor with NO Carpet Beetle Traps and/or NO Clothes Moth Traps.

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• Watch the video on How to Get Rid of Clothes Moth and Carpet Beetle

• The case moth is also known as the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella)

Look Out For....

Have you seen your carpet becoming thread bare around the edges? Are fibres of your carpet falling out? If yes, this may indicate that the larvae of carpet beetle, clothes moth or case moth larvae are under the carpet chewing through the fibres.

Are you finding strange little cylinders of fibres around the edge of the carpet, often with a dark brown tip at one end? If so, you may have case moth larvae chewing your carpet. These cylinders are the larvae themselves wrapped in carpet fibre, the brown tip is the head of the larva.

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