Where Carpet Moths Settle in Camden
Quiet rooms in Bloomsbury's townhouses
Bloomsbury's Georgian townhouses often keep a formal front room that's furnished for show rather than daily use, and an old wool carpet in a room like that can carry larvae for a season before anyone notices the fibres thinning.
Box rooms in Primrose Hill's terraces
Primrose Hill's Georgian and Victorian terraces tend to have a box room doing duty as storage, and it's the carpet under boxes and cases — never vacuumed, rarely lit — where moths do the most damage unseen.
Signs to Look For
- Irregular bare patches in wool carpets, rugs or upholstery, often under furniture
- Small cream larvae or silken tubes in carpet fibres or skirting edges
- Adult moths — small and golden-brown — seen low to the ground rather than near lights
- Damage concentrated in quiet, rarely disturbed rooms
Slowing Carpet Moth Spread
Airing the room and vacuuming right up to the skirting between visits keeps damage from spreading while the treatment takes hold.
