The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.
Carpet beetle tiny beetles in bed.
They leave their molted skins behind so you might find small piles of fuzzy skins in infested pantries closets or drawers.
The adult black carpet beetle is black in color and oblong shaped and ranges in size from 1 8 up to 3 16 in length.
Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification.
However carpet beetles can damage fabrics and bed bugs can bite people.
Both pests can be worrisome and may create stress.
Carpet beetles typically have 11 segments to their antennae which are shaped like a club.
There are two groups of carpet beetles.
The biggest difference is in size.
Also carpet beetles feed on fabric type substances and bed bugs feed on blood.
Their bodies also have tiny hairs.
Carpet beetles themselves do not bite.
The pest company arrived and upon inspection no bed bugs were found however a few dead carpet beetles were discovered.
Carpet beetles on the other hand measure between 1 16 of an inch and 1 8 of an inch long.
Carpet beetles are not bed bugs.
Their membranous wings are covered by a hard exterior shell.
You ve noticed that carpet beetles length varies a lot while bed bugs are always the same length.
Bed bugs measure of an inch long.
It is easy in this case to assume that they experienced bed bugs bites.
That s because bed bugs always look the same but there are a lot of carpet beetle species.
Both the bed bug and the carpet beetle are problematic.
The carpet beetle s body is black or dark brown and may or may not have white patterns and reddish orange scales.
Just like bed bugs.
The antennae and hard exoskeleton are dead giveaways that it s a carpet beetle in your home instead of a bed bug.
However their larvae are covered with a fuzzy coat which is what causes the offending marks.
Bed bugs bite but carpet beetles eat natural fibers like wool blankets natural fibers and.
Both insects can breed fast and may remain hidden for a while before you start to notice them.
Carpet beetle larvae are elongated and appear to be fuzzy or hairy.
1 carpet beetles are attracted to you when you are sleeping because of the co 2 gas you exhale 2 carpet beetles are very shy so they are hard to find and 3 carpet beetles also usually come out in the wee hours of the morning.
Differences between bed bugs and carpet beetles.
Bed bugs will hide in bedding in ribbing around mattresses in the cracks of hardwood floors behind electrical outlets behind wall coverings in carpets and furniture in wall voids and behind baseboards.
However the carpet beetle is the smallest of the two and averages 1 8th of an inch in length while the bed bug is about 1 4th of an inch long.
Most people experience some sort of allergic reaction when they come into contact with carpet beetle larvae.
Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small.
Bed bugs do not but look similar to an apple seed with legs.
The black carpet beetles and varied common and furniture carpet beetles.
