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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9519403, member: 8267&quot;]Dermestids (carpet beetles are one variety) are notorious for feeding on animal materials - wool, hair, horn, baleen, etc. The adults look like miniature lady bugs, little round brown and spotted things that can fly and tend to collect around windows trying to get out (the adults feed on pollen). The larvae look like very small fuzzy caterpillars, and are the ones that do damage to artifacts. They like dark, hidden, undisturbed places, like the folds of wool blankets, and things tucked away in closets or cabinets. In addition to eating your stuff, they also chew holes into adjacent materials for a place to pupate and transition into adults. Lovely creatures. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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