How to get rid of larder beetles for good
Larder beetles often keep returning even after the main source is thrown away, leaving people to find new larvae or adults crawling on ceilings and in traps. This cycle of recurring infestations forces people to repeatedly throw everything out in fear that the problem will spiral out of control again.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Throwing out pantry items and infested goods
- 2Washing walls, rugs, furniture, cabinets, and clothes
- 3Patching holes in drywall and repainting closets
- 4Spreading diatomaceous earth along baseboards
- 5Setting up pheromone traps and sticky traps
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm pretty sure that this is a larder beetle larvae.”source ↗
“Please tell me what to do to make sure they're gone.”source ↗
“Today when I got home from work I’ve already killed 3 in the first 5 mins of being home and can see a few adults on the ceiling near the closet and some new ones in the traps.”source ↗
“Is it normal to see an increased number of adults now if I’ve eliminated the source? Or should I look for a new source?”source ↗
“I’m scared I’m going to have to repeat the process of throwing everything away and want to get on top of it before it gets to be horrible again.”source ↗
Where this came up
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