I have tiny little tan and brown striped bugs showing up in my bathrooms. Any idea what these are? (Pest Questions)

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RonDawson

Feb 10, 2017 - 09:10 AM

Its called a carpet beetle or a dermestid beetle. They get the name because all carpets were made of wool many years ago, and these beetles would eat the carpet. Todays carpets are 100% synthetic, so there is no issue. They will however eat wool suits, socks, sweaters, etc.

Here is a link to our page on how to kill carpet beetles - http://www.epestsupply.com/carpet_bee...

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