Carpet beetles are generally smaller than bed bugs.
Carpet beetle shell vs bed bug shell.
Bed bugs also have a unique pattern on their back and long rounded abdomens.
Carpet beetles will also feed off the felt under furniture and lamps and inside musical instrument cases.
Carpet beetles often confused with bed bugs are small pests that can cause a large amount of damage if left untreated attracted to natural fibers carpet beetles can damage carpets furniture and clothing.
About 1 5 inch long.
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.
I was finishing for the night last night and on a random whim pulled up a corner of carpet near my couch where i often just fall asleep so i would assume whatever s eating me would be nearby.
Round solid brown to blackish or have irregular pattern of white brown and orange scales.
The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.
Inconspicuous eyes and a hard outer shell covering their membranous wings.
Just like bed bugs.
Their membranous wings are covered by a hard exterior shell.
They tend not to infest beds or around people in the same way bed bugs do.
Bed bugs have thick antennae arranged in four segments.
Bed bugs bite but carpet beetles eat natural fibers like wool blankets.
Differences between bed bugs and carpet beetles.
Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small.
Bed bugs are usually found on mattresses or close to your bed and carpet beetles live close to their food.
Immature beetles are about the same length as adults and are covered with dense tufts of hair.
For carpet beetles therefore the head and thorax are not clear cut as seen in bedbugs.
For the bedbug the trunk stands typically out from the body a carpet beetle s body is also covered by a movable shell which lacks in a bed bug.
They re both dangerous to humans because bed bugs bite and carpet beetles can cause allergies.
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.
Bed bugs eat human blood and carpet beetle larvae feed on wool and animal based materials.
Carpet beetles prefer to devour fabrics like carpet wool and other natural materials.
