CLOSED: Bug ID needed....carpet bug

London, United Kingdom

Hi,

I found a few of these guys laying low in the nooks and crevices of my carpet. I believe them to be 'woolly bears' (the larvae of carpet-beetles, of whom I believe to have seen a few times also last year - this is a rented property). I did my best with the limited camera facilities that I have to get a good focussed, magnified shot so be forgiving to the image that I bear.

So, if anyone can shed any light on what they might be I would be very grateful so I can seek to be rid of these.

Many, many thanks!

Thumbnail by bugsRus
Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a)

It looks like the larvae of Carpet Beetle to me. I had the beetles in my garden last year on a Clematis. They can live in old birds nests, often in a roof cavity, I hope that's where mine went!

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=carpet+beetle+larvae&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4705/

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