Both pests can be worrisome and may create stress.
Carpet beetle or bed bug.
Bed bug scientific name the scientific name of the bed bug is cimex lectularius.
However carpet beetles can damage fabrics and bed bugs can bite people.
Bed bugs are bigger and have flat bodies than bed bugs.
Adult bed bug carpet beetles.
Carpet beetles look more striped with a white and brown color palette.
The difference here is that bed bugs have a mouth made for piercing skin and sucking blood while carpet beetles have a mouth made for chewing on plants and other fibrous material.
For those of you who are a little bit more impatient i ll say that there are 5 main differences between carpet beetles and bed bugs.
Carpet beetles are also the same as small caterpillars rather than little worms.
The good news is that this means carpet beetles don t bite humans.
After a larval stage they can be found in carpeting along trim in your windowsills your bedding and just about anywhere.
Both insects can breed fast and may remain hidden for a while before you start to notice them.
The scientific name of the beetle is coleoptera and the scientific name of the carpet beetle is anthrenus verbasci.
Carpet beetles are not bed bugs.
In the pacific northwest they have a black and yellow color pattern but black and blue is common as well.
Bed bugs eat human blood and carpet beetle larvae feed on wool and animal based materials.
Bed bugs are in the family cimicidae while carpet beetles are in the family dermestids.
They look much different from bed bugs.
Carpet beetles are usually quite small but can grow to nearly ladybug size.