Bug In My Carpet

However carpet beetles can damage fabrics and bed bugs can bite people.

Bug in my carpet.

If you notice bed bug like red spots and discover that you have carpet beetles but not bed bugs then they may be the cause. Also knowing you have a bug problem can cause you to feel like there are things on you even when there aren t. Inside a carpet considered immaculate to the human eye is home to bugs. When a bug takes shelter inside a carpet it causes an infestation.

Both insects can breed fast and may remain hidden for a while before you start to notice them. Bugs can carry diseases cause allergies and trigger asthma attacks. Others such as fleas can lay 2 000 eggs. If you think you have either bed bugs or carpet beetles contact your local ehrlich pest.

They can also be brought in by way of cut plants and flowers. Both pests can be worrisome and may create stress. Adult carpet beetles can live both indoors and out but females prefer to lay eggs where larval food sources are abundant. Some female bugs such as bed bugs lay up to five eggs daily.

These pests enter homes through doors windows and similar entrances. 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. Carpet beetles like to live out of sight and feed on the natural fibers in fabrics even living off carpet fibers that are 90 percent synthetic. Some live inside the nests of birds or other animals and can live in walls or chimneys.

While carpet beetles don t bite or feed on humans their larvae can irritate the skin. They tend to live inside fabric furniture or deep inside carpets so look for damage to area rugs around the edges and to carpets along base boards.