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* March 14: new beetle in trap 2
* March 14: new beetle in trap 2
* March 15: AP did deep clean under bed; spotted a few larvae both dead and alive, killed the live ones. Also saw a couple live adult beetles in common area at top of stairs. Killed. Moved Trap 1 to couch downstairs.
* March 15: AP did deep clean under bed; spotted a few larvae both dead and alive, killed the live ones. Also saw a couple live adult beetles in common area at top of stairs. Killed. Moved Trap 1 to couch downstairs.
* March 16: Remember how I tried to salvage a few skeins of yarn & in-progress knitting projects by saving them in airtight Ziploc bags with moth poison? Larvae. In the yarn. In the bags. So that's going out with the trash tonight.

Revision as of 18:37, 16 March 2021

Sigh.


Carpet beetle trap summary

Trap ID Location Bug count
1 Under couch in living room 1
2 AP room 1
3
4
5 AP door 0

Sightings and settings

  • Jan 3 2021: AP finds larva on sweater; team IDs it as carpet beetle.
  • Jan 8 2021: First traps set.
  • Early March: AP spots multiple beetles in bedroom traps. Yuck
  • March 6: LLW spots live beetle on coat downstairs
  • March 7: AP spots beetles + larvae near yarn bin; discards most of yarn bin+contents, airtight+mothballs select yarns. Traps are redistributed to other rooms
  • March 8: AP finds one new beetle in Trap 2
  • March 11: AP spotted 2 live beetles in bedroom (not in traps); killed them
  • March 13: new beetle in trap 2
  • March 14: new beetle in trap 2
  • March 15: AP did deep clean under bed; spotted a few larvae both dead and alive, killed the live ones. Also saw a couple live adult beetles in common area at top of stairs. Killed. Moved Trap 1 to couch downstairs.
  • March 16: Remember how I tried to salvage a few skeins of yarn & in-progress knitting projects by saving them in airtight Ziploc bags with moth poison? Larvae. In the yarn. In the bags. So that's going out with the trash tonight.