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Gross topic: carpet beetles in wool

1300 Posts Recent Started
Friday, December 14, 2018 at 1:36 PM
Hi everyone,

for the past year, I’ve been an unwilling host to carpet beetles and their offspring (either brought in with the wool or sneaking in through the window).
And those little bastards are right at home in my wool. 
I’ve now sealed half my wool stash in bags, but it’s impossible to bag it all given the sheer volume! 
I wanted to order beneficial insects (parasitic wasps), but they’re asking for 200 euros. Ugh! 
Does anyone have experience with neem oil? Or any other tips??

It doesn’t seem to be uncommon with wool, as I read in a felting forum. 

2884 Posts Recent Started
Friday, December 14, 2018 at 2:25 PM
I don’t have carpet beetles, but I do have a good remedy for any kind of insect in the house. I’ll send you a PM about it.

13194 Posts Recent Started
Friday, December 14, 2018 at 5:03 PM
Mel, that sounds interesting—can you mention it here too?

2884 Posts Recent Started
Monday, December 17, 2018 at 6:45 AM
It’s the Universal Insecticide from Envira. I hope it’s okay that I’m mentioning it here. This isn’t meant to be an ad, which is why I’m not including a link (just Google it yourself).

13194 Posts Recent Started
Monday, December 17, 2018 at 11:11 AM
Thanks, Mel. That’s a good tip for everyone else, too, in case it ever becomes a problem.
In any case, I hope it never happens to me.

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