In this post we ll talk about carpet mites what causes carpet beetles where carpet beetles come from and how to avoid a carpet beetle infestation.
Do carpet beetles go in mattresses.
Furniture carpet beetles this type resides on furniture and feed on hair padding and feathers.
Also carpet beetles feed on fabric type substances and bed bugs feed on blood.
Carpet beetles have scales prickly hairs and compound eyes.
If carpet beetles are living in your bed it can be hard to tell if you have them or bed bugs.
They are both very small but the carpet beetle is smaller.
Contrary to popular belief carpet beetles do not just live in your carpet which means that you can have a problem with these pests even if you only have hardwood or tile floors.
Bed bugs do bite to feed on your blood and give you red itchy welts.
To know where to focus the brunt of your cleaning first look for the primary source of the infestation which will be the area with the most signs of damage and beetles.
Common carpet beetles they are round black or yellow bugs and feed on carpet fur silk weathers and woollen.
Both adult carpet beetles and larvae can infest your home but the larvae do the most damage by eating organic materials like wool leather and silk.
Moreover the larvae seem to have expanded so finding ground zero as it were might be of limited use.
Bed bugs do not but look similar to an apple seed with legs.