Carpet Beetle Or Bed Bug Bites

One effective way to remove carpet beetles is to vacuum areas where these pests are.

Carpet beetle or bed bug bites.

Bed bug larvae look like little worms while carpet beetle larvae look like fuzzy bugs with little spines all over them. Make sure you launder clothes that are not packed up in airtight boxes even if you don t see. Both instances may result in itchy welts that can become infected and erupt from excessive scratching. The two can easily be confused as both bed bug bites and dermatitis caused by carpet beetles often appear in a straight line or row.

This is caused by the path the bug or insect takes when crawling over your skin. Bed bugs actually create red itchy welts on the skin from biting you while the carpet beetle doesn t bite at all but causes a similar red itchy welt due to an allergic reaction from the prickly little hairs on the carpet beetle larvae pictured center. Varied carpet beetles do have brown on their backs but they look more spotted or striped with white and light colored patches mixed with brown. Symptoms of an allergic reaction to carpet beetles include.

In the pacific northwest they have a black and yellow color pattern but black and blue is common as well. After a larval stage they can be found in carpeting along trim in your windowsills your bedding and just about anywhere. Regularly vacuum the carpet. Adult bed bug carpet beetles.

Although it s hard to know the difference if you ve never experienced both. And i really hope you haven t. The main difference is the color. Bed bugs bites are a lot more frequent than carpet beetle rash.

Carpet beetles are usually quite small but can grow to nearly ladybug size. Preventions of carpet beetle infestation 1.