This carpet beetle eats at all the best places. From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: February 23, 2001| Author: Gruner, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2001 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: PETER GRUNER

A PLAGUE of "woolly bear" carpet beetles is munching its way through some of the capital's most exclusive addresses, according to pest controllers.

The insect, known as the varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci, thrives on only the best and most luxurious natural carpet and fabrics, and leaves thousands of pounds worth of devastation to rare items in its wake.

A flat in Grosvenor Square, belonging to an American businessman, ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	This carpet beetle eats at all the best places Evening Standard - London ; A PLAGUE of "woolly bear" carpet beetles is munching its way through some of the capital's most exclusive addresses, according to pest controllers. The insect, known as the varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci, thrives on only the best and most luxurious natural carpet and fabrics, and leaves
	This carpet beetle eats at all the best places. The Evening Standard (London, England) ; Byline: PETER GRUNER A PLAGUE of woolly bear carpet beetles is munching its way through some of the capital's most exclusive addresses, according to pest controllers. The insect, known as the varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci, thrives on only the best and most luxurious natural carpet and
	And the woolly bear says . . . Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA ; The caterpillars have been prognisticating winter forecasts here for 70 years AD CRABLE Consternation reigned today at Penn State University as entomologists pored over a strangely marked woolly bear caterpillar. The woolly bear is making bug history because it was pure red and lacked the black
	Soggy woolly bear sees an early, wet and white winter for county; The current pattern of frequent precipitation will continue, bringing plenty, if not deep, snows and too many of those detestable rainy days when it's not quite cold enough to snow. Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA ; 'Twas the night before the latest flash flood when all through the county park, not a creature was stirring, not even this woolly bear covered in mud. Oak leaves were hung over the bug's soaked bristles with care, in fear that St. Isabel would soon again be there. I jest, but I shouldn't. Hurricane
	HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS Evansville Courier & Press ; We've all seen them crawling across the roads as the first frost approaches in the fall. Some of us might even swerve a little to give the little guys a break. Some folks say you can tell how long and harsh the winter will be by the width of the orange band across their middles (wide band, mild

See all results.