You ve noticed that carpet beetles length varies a lot while bed bugs are always the same length.
Carpet beetle tiny beetles in bed.
The antennae and hard exoskeleton are dead giveaways that it s a carpet beetle in your home instead of a bed bug.
The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.
Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification.
Also carpet beetles feed on fabric type substances and bed bugs feed on blood.
The pest company arrived and upon inspection no bed bugs were found however a few dead carpet beetles were discovered.
Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small.
The biggest difference is in size.
Their membranous wings are covered by a hard exterior shell.
Both pests can be worrisome and may create stress.
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 on the other hand measure between 1 16 of an inch and 1 8 of an inch long.
Just like bed bugs.
The carpet beetle s body is black or dark brown and may or may not have white patterns and reddish orange scales.
Carpet beetles are generally smaller than bed bugs.
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.
If you think you have either bed bugs or carpet beetles contact your local ehrlich pest control office.
There are two groups of carpet beetles.
It is easy in this case to assume that they experienced bed bugs bites.
Carpet beetles typically have 11 segments to their antennae which are shaped like a club.
Bed bugs have thick antennae arranged in four segments.
However carpet beetles can damage fabrics and bed bugs can bite people.
That s because bed bugs always look the same but there are a lot of carpet beetle species.
Bed bugs measure of an inch long.
Differences between bed bugs and carpet beetles.
Their bodies also have tiny hairs.
However their larvae are covered with a fuzzy coat which is what causes the offending marks.
The black carpet beetles and varied common and furniture carpet beetles.
Carpet beetles are not bed bugs.
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.
Both the bed bug and the carpet beetle are problematic.
They leave their molted skins behind so you might find small piles of fuzzy skins in infested pantries closets or drawers.
Most people experience some sort of allergic reaction when they come into contact with carpet beetle larvae.
Both insects can breed fast and may remain hidden for a while before you start to notice them.
Bed bugs bite but carpet beetles eat natural fibers like wool blankets natural fibers and.
Carpet beetle larvae are elongated and appear to be fuzzy or hairy.
