• Question from:fiona caie

i found one of these on top of my cooker i know what it was because i looked it up on the internet.

i keep a clean house and am forever moving furniture etc to clean behind it.
i moved the cooker out, the tumble drier and the washing machine all movable items in my kitchen and there was nothing.

i also checked the larder cupboards where i keep my dog food and again no sign of anything.

i am absolutely terrified on any type of insect but pleased to ket u know i never kill any just scoop them up and through them outside on the grass like i did with the beetle larvae yesterday.

do you have an explanation for this i am terrified everytime i walk into the kitchen i am expecting to see 100s of the on my floors etc i have since been watching eveywhere for any sign but have seen nothing.

please help

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I am not clear what it is you are asking.

If you are asking how a beetle larvae got into your kitchen then I am afraid no normal room can be completely sealed and an occasional bug will always occur - it is in no way a sign of a dirty kitchen.

If however you are asking why are you so pathologically afraid of a beetle infestation then we can't help with that and is a subject to be discussed with your GP/primary care physician if this is starting to be troublesome in your daily life.

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I am pleased you say you just scoop up and take outside any such that you find, as i'd suggest no need to just kill such needlesly. Live and let live.

It sounds like you keep a very clean house, and after your discover have made an effort to check for sources of your intruder. Well, such happens, and provided there is no source of old infected food tucked at the back of a cupoard, the occasional visitor is to be expected. Your home/kitchen is not in isolation of the world, a few things form outside will find their way in occasionally, and its just a fact of life. Sometimes, new food from outside will have the odd hitchiker in, and dry dogfood especially, as could have been kept in conditions less than ideal. You may make the best effort to keep your home bug free, but the place you by drystuff like dogfood from may not be so careful.

Im sorry if you dont like this, but you seem to be doing the best you can to keep things clean and tidy, so the occasional visitor you see wont be able to start up home with you, especially if you evict any such you find.

Just one carpet/larder beetle does not make an infestation. :) hope you can relax.

Last edited by Stuart Longhorn (13th May 2012 21:23:59)