Same price, same room ladder, different job. Beetles usually mean a hunt for a source outside the room; moths usually do not.
Look at the debris. Silken tubes and webbing mean carpet moth; hollow bristly shed skins mean carpet beetle.
The price is the same either way — £180 for the first room — but a beetle job includes a source hunt that a moth job does not.
| Carpet moth | Carpet beetle | |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | 6–8mm, buff, runs and flutters low | 2–4mm, rounded, mottled, flies to light |
| Larva | Cream, smooth, up to 10mm | Brown, bristly, 4–5mm — woolly bear |
| Debris | Silken tubes and webbing | Hollow bristly shed skins |
| Holes | Ragged, often with webbing | Clean, sharply defined |
| Where adults gather | Low, along skirtings | Windowsills and light fittings |
| Usual source | Existing textiles in the property | Bird nest, carcass, roof void |
| Peak activity | Spring and late summer | Spring and early summer |
| The job | Room-based residual | Room-based residual plus source removal |
If there is anything on the windowsill, it is beetle. Moths leave nothing up there.
£180 for the first room, £60 for each additional. Published, up to four rooms.
View Carpet Beetle Control Rayners Lane →Both run on the same published room ladder with the follow-up included, so identification changes the method and the aftermath rather than the bill.
Yes. The residual addresses both; the difference is placement and the source work.
Beetles are usually harder to clear permanently, because of the source. Moths do damage faster in the right conditions.
No. Beetle larval hairs can irritate skin, which is sometimes mistaken for bites.
Not an identification question at all — a wasp nest is £90 fixed in Rayners Lane, guaranteed for 30 days.
Look at the debris. Moth larvae leave silken tubes and webbing; beetle larvae leave hollow bristly shed skins.
Beetle damage tends to be clean-edged and sharply defined. Moth damage is more ragged and often has webbing attached.
That is beetle. Adult beetles fly to light and shed skins collect there. Moths leave nothing on a windowsill.
Beetles usually have a source outside the room — a nest, carcass or roof void — so a beetle job includes a loft and void inspection that a moth job does not.
No. Both run on the same room ladder, £180 for the first room and £60 for each additional, with the follow-up included.
Yes. A beetle source in the roof is a building matter and the landlord's, whereas a moth infestation in a tenant's own second-hand rug is not.
Yes, and it is not uncommon in a property with wool carpet, rugs and a roof void.
Beetles, usually, because of the external source. Moths can do damage faster in the right conditions.
Photograph the debris. Silken tubes mean moth; bristly shells mean beetle. Same price either way.
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