This is the season for an increase in adult carpet beetles to be seen indoors (although they can be seen all year long.  Carpet beetles belong to a family of beetles known as Dermestids.  These insects are pests in warehouses, homes, museums and other locations. Native adult carpet beetle populations feed on pollen and nectar in landscaing plants and shrubs that bloom in spring and early to midsummer (like pitasporum, spirea and crepemyrtle); they then subsequently make their way into client homes and structurees through open windows, cracks in screens, and under doors. (Or they can also be brought into the home on cut flowers!) Read the rest of this entry »

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