can anyone help identify this little hairy grub!!!!

can anyone help identify this little hairy grub!!!!

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stolt

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420 posts

187 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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seen a few of these little hairy things, talking a 4 mm big, hairy and they are sort of reddish and have sort of stripes over them.






















shimmey69

1,525 posts

179 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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where are they????

if in the house and you have natural carpets i would say they are wooly bears AKA carpet beetle!!

Simpo Two

85,705 posts

266 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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Yep, woolly bear - I thought they ate clothes though.

stolt

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420 posts

187 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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found it in the bathroom of all places, perhaps it fell off one of the kids cloths when i brushing there teeth tonight, mind you they had all been jumping around the trampoline before they came in. better google that, got the missus going ape now thinking hr clothes are being ate to shreds.

shimmey69

1,525 posts

179 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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they will eat any natural fibres but usually ive found them on carpets.

shimmey69

1,525 posts

179 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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where are you based stolt???

as i may know pest controller in you area!!

stolt

Original Poster:

420 posts

187 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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found a bigger one upstairs.............









just been reading up and these things are pretty hard to get rid off....

stolt

Original Poster:

420 posts

187 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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shimmey69 said:
where are you based stolt???

as i may know pest controller in you area!!
based in essex, found a a couple over the last year will definately keep a eye out for more now.]

Edited by stolt on Monday 16th May 22:29

shimmey69

1,525 posts

179 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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Stolt

you have mail

tonym911

16,616 posts

206 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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saw one of these on the dog walk last week, just meandering across the path, a big beastie it was, quite cute tho, I'm in a rural bit of Wiltshire

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1,624 posts

195 months

Monday 16th May 2011
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shimmey69 said:
where are you based stolt???

as i may know pest controller in you area!!
He doesn't need a pest controller, he needs an estate agent! hehe