How to Prevent Carpet Beetles and Fabric Pests
If you want to keep carpet beetles out, you have to think about what their larvae eat, because the adults you see on the windowsill are not the problem. Preventing... Read more.
How to Get Rid of Powderpost Beetles
Before you spray anything, find out whether the powderpost beetles are still active, because most of what people panic over is old damage from beetles that left... Read more.
How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
If you keep finding small beetles on the windowsill, the adults are not your problem. Carpet beetles are a larvae problem, and the larvae do not live out in the... Read more.
Best Powderpost Beetle Treatments
If you are fighting powderpost beetles, the treatment that actually works is a borate brushed into bare wood, not a can of bug spray. The larvae feed deep inside... Read more.
Best Carpet Beetle Traps for Monitoring
A carpet beetle trap is a sticky glue monitor, not a pheromone magnet like the traps made for moths, so it will not pull beetles in from across the house or end... Read more.
Best Carpet Beetle Killers and Sprays
The best carpet beetle killer is not a spray at all, it is a vacuum, because the damage in your closet is done by the larvae, the little bristly woolly-bears hiding... Read more.
How to Prevent Moths in the Pantry and Closet
If you want to keep moths out of the pantry and closet, the trick is to stop their larvae from finding food and a quiet place to hide, because the larvae are what... Read more.
How to Get Rid of Clothes Moths
If you keep finding holes in your wool and the odd small moth fluttering out of the closet, here is the thing to understand first: the fluttering adult is not what... Read more.
How to Get Rid of Pantry Moths
If you have pantry moths, here is the part that changes how you fight them: you cannot trap your way out of them, because the damage is done by larvae living inside... Read more.
Best Clothes Moth Killers and Cedar Repellents
If you want the best clothes moth killer, understand first what is doing the damage: the larvae chewing your wool and cashmere, not the small moths fluttering out... Read more.