Aware of a carpet beetle source, but I can't reach it to clean it. Any ideas?
After moving traps around my apartment for the better part of a year during my minor carpet beetle issue, I finally found a significant source of beetles under my fridge, which is quite nasty.
I live in an apartment and I'm nervous to pull the fridge out because I don't want to break the water line to the fridge ice maker, to which I have no shut off valve access (I'm guessing it's behind the fridge). The fridge is also enclosed in an alcove, so I can't access the back or underneath unless I pull it all the way out.
So - my question is: what can I do to prevent the beetles from reproducing and munching on food scraps beneath my fridge if I can't clean well under there? Any cleaning tips? Safe pesticide options for a kitchen? I am reluctant to use DE or powders as the fridge compressor fan might blow them all over the kitchen floor.
They feel so close yet just out of reach!
Thanks in advance!