The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.
Carpet beetle casings look like.
Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small.
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If you re not sure which you have you can have an exterminator come look for bedbugs.
Carpet beetles are generally smaller than bed bugs.
Sometimes they look like a black and yellow ladybug.
Differences between bed bugs and carpet beetles.
They have short antennae and round bodies and might also have irregular brown orange and white scales or be solid brown or black.
Because carpet beetle larvae are bigger than bed bugs you may be more likely to see the beetles themselves.
To make feeding easy carpet beetles like to live near food sources.
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.
Carpet beetles vary in color depending on type e g varied black furniture or common carpet beetles.
Therefore look for them at the edges of carpet around door casings and inside upholstered furniture.
In spring you can sometimes see them crawling up walls indoors.