Besides contacting an exterminator, Dr. Fredericks explained some other tips to keep your fabrics safe when carpet beetles are present. "As with moths, to avoid varied carpet beetle infestations ...

of which the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci, is a common house and museum pest. It is a small (1.5-3.5 mm) and round beetle with elytra (wing cases) clothed with white, golden-yellow and ...