Which Rooms in Croydon Carpet Moths Actually Prefer
Rarely used rooms in Thornton Heath and South Norwood
A good number of the Victorian terraces in Thornton Heath and South Norwood still have their original wool carpet somewhere in the house, usually in a spare room, hallway, or under a piece of furniture that hasn't moved in years. It's that lack of disturbance, as much as the fibre itself, that lets larvae feed for months uninterrupted.
Back bedrooms in converted terraces
Where a terrace has been split into flats, the smallest back bedroom or a landing carpet typically gets the least foot traffic of anywhere in the building. Irregular bare patches and small silken tubes tucked into the pile there are usually the first sign found, often after a problem has had time to travel further through the building.
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
Keeping a Treated Room Free of Carpet Moths
A room that gets an occasional vacuum under furniture and along the skirting stops being the undisturbed spot moths are looking for.
