From the same apartment that brought you The Fungus Among Us; The Flies, and The Swarm comes the latest in creppy urban dwelling horror. Shield your children from the horror of

The Carpet Beetle!

Yes, it seems these little guys will move right on in to your lesser-used shoes. Like, say, the fuzzy slippers that you waited a summer to break out and use again. Or anything on the bottom of your closet. Or perhaps elsewhere in the closet.

I realize this post could subject me to some unflattering comments about my housekeeping - but I assure you, I don’t live in a sty. I clean and dust and vacuum - though, really, how many people carefully remove everything from their closets on a regular basis? I’ll be calling my landlord in the morning to find out if he’s had any similar problems in the complex before. And I’m only assuming - from some google searches - that these are baby carpet beetles. They aren’t dangerous. They don’t bite or spread illness. But they might munch up my clothes or shoes. And no one, but no one, messes with my shoes.

They must go.

(p.s. That’s an actual photo up there. It’s about 12x actual size, but I took it with my own little mighty-macro-shooting Nikon. G-ross.)

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