wood worm.

[Penners]

The bacon beetle sounds much more serious than woodworm. one had one's butties to think of.

Here's a close-up of Mr Anobium Punctatum (AKA woodworm or common furniture beetle):

 

[Penners]

I moved a heavy wooden chest so as to vacuum under it.

A-HA! Caught you!

Never more will I permit your protestations of sluttery to go unchallenged. :wink:

 

[Moo]

Honest, guv - I only did it once. First time in five years. And it wasn't really my idea - it was all those other kids wot egged me on.
I promise I won't do it again.

 

[PC]

They look like Carpet Beetles to me

PC

 

[Penners]

http://tinyurl.com/33fz4ra

 

[Penners]

Black carpet beetle (there's also a variegated form):

 

[robgil]

i keep finding more and more of them , i cannot figure out what they are eating though. Perhaps they are slowly eating my cat , she has been very quiet lately.

 

[Penners]

Perhaps they are slowly eating my cat

If that's what they do, you should be able to make a fortune.

Breed them and sell them.

 

[JoceAndChris]

:evil: :evil: :evil:

shamed by the discussions about exactly which shade of white to use (all my interior woodwork is dead flat dark chocolate brown).

and very beautiful it looks too. I was extremely tempted to ditch all my whites and creams after visiting your lovely house Moo.

i cannot figure out what they are eating though

In my (extensive, now) experience of living amongst beetles it is surprising how tiny their needs are. For example, in the autumn of last year many, many colonies of ladybirds squirrelled themselves away in the corners of window recesses. They are only just now waking up and toddling off - so at least 6 months of eating absolutely nothing.

If you have a cat (xxx) the merest crumbs of cat food and cat fur will keep quite a large colony of beetles perfectly happy. A stray hair is a large feast.

 

[Penners]

Hence the advisability of excluding cats from your house.

And the locality.

And the county.

Etc.

 

[biffvernon]

Carpet beetle Attagenus pellio, usually has two prominent pale spots in the middle of its back and a couple of less prominent spots further forward and near the edges.

 

[JoceAndChris]

Hence the advisability of excluding cats from your house.

And the locality.

And the county.

Etc.

May I just point out that the beetles would be just as happy living alongside a dog. Indeed, when we moved in the stench of dog was overwhelming, and the colonies of insects at far more shocking levels than currently - including fleas. :twisted:

 

[robgil]

Is this turning into another 'cats are better than dogs' thread ? , may i remind everybody that this argument is pointless because as we all know cats are much much better than dogs in every way except at being stupid.

 

[Feltwell]

No, it's turning into a "dogs are better than cats" thread. Naturally.

 

[Penners]

Well, I think we're all agreed that cats and dogs both have their good and bad points, don't we?

So we're all friends and we won't argue, will we?

 

[robgil]

Of course we wont argue over something so trivial, cats and dogs both have their good and bad points , and cats sleep on dogs so are by far the cleverest or the two.

 

[Feltwell]

Well, I think we're all agreed that cats and dogs both have their good and bad points, don't we?

So we're all friends and we won't argue, will we?

Penners, you little UN peacekeeper you.

Except - it was you who started the argument in this thread.

Hang on - you're not a politician are you? Re-start an old argument and then step in later as the apparent saviour? :lol:

 

[robgil]

thay are still coming. getting a bit worried now because we have no carpet.

 

[Penners]

Oh, don't worry. I'm sure they won't mind.

 

[Schoolmarm]

:lol: