Something eating my carpet

[mini messi]

2 year old farm house carpet, this started not long after the carpet was fitted, no mice droppings, nothing touches the traps, always in the same place, no it's not the dog, you tend to see bits of the carpet around the eaten area when it's been at it, seasoned rat catcher has no idea, seen a snail in it last week and I put down some snail poison you'll see the poison in the picture and during the life of the old carpet this didn't happen. No moths, eggs etc. Traditional working farmhouse. It's just slowly getting worse. Wtf is this? It's destroying the carpet. Any ideas?

 

[solo]

Carpet moth has been an issue here in the past and cured with a Lakeland moth spray. You can normally see the empty shells when the larvae hatch into adult moths.They are shy insects which prefer dark areas, such as under the carpet.

 

[Wilksy]

Could it have been cut badly and stretched too much and it’s twanged back off the gripper?

 

[mini messi]

Could it have been cut badly and stretched too much and it’s twanged back off the gripper?

Defo no, brand new carpet was installed very well but this started not
Long after it was fitted and has gradually got worse over two years. Really weird, never seen anything like this. The rest of the carpet in the room is ok and no other rooms in the farm house are affected.

 

[mini messi]

Carpet moth has been an issue here in the past and cured with a Lakeland moth spray. You can normally see the empty shells when the larvae hatch into adult moths.They are shy insects which prefer dark areas, such as under the carpet.

Rat catcher mentioned moths but no evidence.

 

[Wilksy]

Defo no, brand new carpet was installed very well but this started not
Long after it was fitted and has gradually got worse over two years. Really weird, never seen anything like this. The rest of the carpet in the room is ok and no other rooms in the farm house are affected.

It is weird, at first I thought moths but it doesn’t look like wool or should I say the backing looks polyester, and they just make it look threadbare, could you lay a sticky trap? Is there such a thing like fly paper?

 

[choochter]

I would suggest maybe silverfish

 

[Rookie]

If it's a wool carpet then it is carpet moth. We have the same issue. Next carpet won't have any wool.!
Usually worst behind Furniture where it doesn't get disturbed.

 

[Kidds]

I would suggest maybe silverfish

I thought silverfish but it is more than that, looks more like silverfish damage exacerbated by someone being a bit vigorous with the Hoover.

 

[GeorgeK]

Is there any damp in that area? Hard to tell from the picture but the paint looks a little flaky and the wood a bit swollen? Get it dry, problem will stop. I run a dehumidifier over winter, it has transformed the house.

 

[mixedfmr]

Silverfish like the heat of a hearth, so no its not them
We have the same damage for the first time this year, wife says moths , and yes we get the shells under the furniture
She says to keep vaccuming the lavea, and use moth killer
Maybe its global warming

 

[DrWazzock]

We’ve had a fair bit of damage from carpet moths. It’s always round edges or under furniture or clutter, not trafficked areas.
The moths come out in the spring. We tend to just live with it as the carpet is knackered anyway. We also have wood lice that seem to dig sand up through the floorboards. I think they graze it a bit.

 

[mini messi]

If it's a wool carpet then it is carpet moth. We have the same issue. Next carpet won't have any wool.!
Usually worst behind Furniture where it doesn't get disturbed.

Well bad news it's not a wool carpet. Too expensive!

 

[mini messi]

Is there any damp in that area? Hard to tell from the picture but the paint looks a little flaky and the wood a bit swollen? Get it dry, problem will stop. I run a dehumidifier over winter, it has transformed the house.

There is a dampness issue with that wall, not terrible, but can cause bulges in the wall paper over time. Running a dehumidifier could help the house in general tbh.

 

[Welderloon]

Different kind of carpet eating

 

[mini messi]

Thanks for your chaps I'll check out Amazon for moth killer and take it from there. I will not be defeated.

 

[L P]

Looks like mouse damage, can they get under the skirting or potentially be reaching at it from behind the skirting? They can't resist a piece of Rolo on a trap FYI

 

[Steevo]

Looks like mouse damage, can they get under the skirting or potentially be reaching at it from behind the skirting? They can't resist a piece of Rolo on a trap FYI

Is it more effective if it’s the last Rolo?

 

[goodevans]

Is it more effective if it’s the last Rolo?

It would be for the poor mouse

 

[Willie adie]

Rug muncher is a slang term for lesbian.
Could it be that?