Black Carpet Beetles In Bed

Both the bed bug and the carpet beetle are problematic.

Black carpet beetles in bed.

They have short antennae and round bodies and might also have irregular brown orange and white scales or be solid brown or. Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small. Carpet beetles on the other hand measure between 1 16 of an inch and 1 8 of an inch long. You ve noticed that carpet beetles length varies a lot while bed bugs are always the same length.

Sometimes they look like a black and yellow ladybug. 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. The biggest difference is in size. If carpet beetles are living in your bed it can be hard to tell if you have them or bed bugs.

The main difference is the color. The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities. Carpet beetles vary in color depending on type e g varied black furniture or common carpet beetles. Also carpet beetles feed on fabric type substances and bed bugs feed on blood.

Both can live in mattresses and other bedding and are attracted to the carbon dioxide you exhale as. 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. Bed bugs measure of an inch long. 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.