Have you ever seen a beetle crawling across the room in broad daylight? It can be unsettling to say the least. It’s hard to trust your carpet after finding creepy crawlies in it, let alone feeling comfortable enough to invite people over. Nobody should have to share their home with these frustrating pests! At Fox Pest Control, we want you to feel as safe and comfortable as possible.
You might already know for sure that you have a beetle problem. But here are a couple of the most common signs of a beetle infestation in Lafayette.
Large clumps or gatherings on the sides of houses, cars, or trees — usually in the fall.
Carpets with trails of eaten fibers.
or wormlike grubs in food storage containers.
Think you have a beetle problem? Call Fox Pest Control for a free Lafayette beetle control quote.
Schedule LA same day* control service with one of our certified technicians.
Your technician will conduct a thorough pest control inspection of your home and property in order to provide a customized beetle treatment plan that will be most effective for your situation.
You will receive a detailed report of the service provided and helpful recommendations to remain beetle free.
We come back regularly throughout the year to ensure the beetles don’t come back. If you see any beetle activity between your regularly scheduled service, simply give us a call. We’ll come back for free!
Depending on the species, some beetle larvae can eat their way through clothing. Some species will bore into wood, and others prefer stored foods like flour or grain.
Wood-destroying beetles: The damage looks like small, shallow holes drilled by a power tool.
Fabric-destroying beetles generally eat fabric when they are in the larval stage. The damage they cause looks like worms have chewed through the fabric. Carpet-destroying beetles create similar damage to carpet material.
Food-eating beetles eat stored grain and other foods, either during the larval stage or during the adult stage. By sifting through flour or stored grains, evidence of these beetles is easy to find. You’ll either discover worm-like larvae or fully-grown adults.
Longhorned beetles and stag beetles are a couple of types that will bite, though bites are rare and don’t cause any damage.
If they happen to nip at you, most beetles do not cause any real harm.
However, blister beetles — true to their name — can cause painful blisters by secreting nasty chemicals from their abdomen.
There are many kinds of beetles that are considered pests:
Powder post beetles chew their way through wood.
Weevils eat grain and other stored foods.
Dermestid beetles are similar to carpet beetles, which cause damage to carpets.
As a nuisance pest, Asian Lady beetles congregate in huge numbers and invade homes.
Beetles are the most prolific species in the world. There are about 350,000 known and named species of beetles. There are more known species of beetles than mammal and plant species combined.
If a Fox Pest Control customer has an infestation of covered pests between regularly scheduled Home Protection Plan treatments, we will come back and perform targeted treatments to get rid of the pest at no charge. If Fox Pest Control cannot resolve the problem after three such targeted treatments, we will cheerfully refund the customer’s last monthly subscription fee, as long as all other terms of the agreement have been met.
And if you see any pest activity between your regularly scheduled treatments, simply give us a call; we'll come back at no additional charge.
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