Bed Bugs Vs Carpet Beetle

They are scaly and the bite they can leave will look similar to a bed bug.

Bed bugs vs carpet beetle. A carpet beetle is very different from a bed bug in appearance. Bed bugs eat human blood and carpet beetle larvae feed on wool and animal based materials. Bed bug larvae look like little worms while carpet beetle larvae look like fuzzy bugs with little spines all over them. The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.

Larvae are covered in scaly yellow and white skin with yellowish bristly hair. Bed bugs are bigger and have flat bodies than bed bugs. Carpet beetles are also generally smaller than bed bugs about inch and they differ in color from black to varied patterns of brown orange yellow and white. Bed bugs need a diet of blood to survive and breed throughout their development stages.

Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small. Bed bugs feed on your blood and cause damage to your skin while beetles only cause to damage your belongings. A major difference between bed bugs and carpet beetles is their diet. 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.

The main difference is the color. They are also yellow and white in color and have a small tuft of hair on the back of the belly.