Carpet Beetles vs. Bed Bugs | Ehrlich Pest Control

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The varied carpet beetle in many ways does resemble the bed bug. Anthrenus verbasci are small, about 3mm in length, and flat. Much like bed bugs they are even oval-shaped when looked at from the top down. However, the varied carpet beetle does not feed on blood and get their name from their feast on natural fibers when they are in larval form. They can damage natural fibers such as carpeting.

Carpet beetles look very, very different from bed bugs when they are larger. They look like tiny furry caterpillars whereas the bed bug larvae look a lot like the larger versions, but just very small. Bed bug larvae look like little worms, while carpet beetle larvae look like fuzzy bugs with little spines all over them.

The main difference is the color. 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.

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