Carpet Beetle Or Bed Bug Bites

Regularly vacuum the carpet.

Carpet beetle or bed bug bites.

Both instances may result in itchy welts that can become infected and erupt from excessive scratching. 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. And i really hope you haven t. After a larval stage they can be found in carpeting along trim in your windowsills your bedding and just about anywhere.

Symptoms of an allergic reaction to carpet beetles include. This is caused by the path the bug or insect takes when crawling over your skin. In the pacific northwest they have a black and yellow color pattern but black and blue is common as well. 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.

Preventions of carpet beetle infestation 1. One effective way to remove carpet beetles is to vacuum areas where these pests are. Make sure you launder clothes that are not packed up in airtight boxes even if you don t see. The main difference is the color.

Bed bugs bites are a lot more frequent than carpet beetle rash. Red itchy and watery eyes runny nose itchy skin rash which looks like welts or bites and may cause a burning sensation hives gastrointestinal issues. 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. Carpet beetles are usually quite small but can grow to nearly ladybug size.

Bed bug larvae look like little worms while carpet beetle larvae look like fuzzy bugs with little spines all over them. Bed bug bites are itchier and the carpet beetle s rash is more painful.