Beetlemania
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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.
