Leather Beetle

Posted by on Apr 15, 2011 in Pest Directory, Pests, Textile Beetles | 0 comments

You need to know…

1. Adult hide or Leather beetles and larvae prefer to feed on raw skins and hides.
2. Females may each lay up to 800 eggs. The life cycle is completed in 60 to 70 days. These larvae have a habit of boring into wood and other hard materials to pupate. Sometimes structural timbers may be damaged.
3. As it is often difficult to locate the source of infestation due to the migration habits of these insects, spot treat only to crack and crevice sites where they are suspected of hiding.
4. Larvae often appear scattered throughout a building far from the original food source. They may be in a wall void or attic where dead insects (flies) or rodents provide a food source.