The bug you found in your bed is a varied carpet beetle a common household pest.
Varied carpet beetles bed bugs.
While getting rid of carpet beetles can be a challenge it s definitely doable on your own.
Varied carpet beetle adults are about 0 1 of an inch long and have black elytra with random whitish brown and yellow spots.
You can also get rid of carpet beetles and their eggs by.
You have bumps on your neck.
Wash dry clean or get rid of any infested items.
The carpet beetle and bed bug not only leave similar looking bites but there are other similarities.
Bed bugs and carpet beetles are both very small.
That s because bed bugs always look the same but there are a lot of carpet beetle species.
Bed bugs measure of an inch long.
Varied carpet beetles are not known to bite humans.
Carpet beetles on the other hand measure between 1 16 of an inch and 1 8 of an inch long.
Varied carpet beetles are found in homes in attics oriental carpets tapestries and wood based wall to wall carpeting.
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.
Much like bed bugs they are even oval shaped when looked at from the top down.
How to get rid of carpet beetles.
You can encounter them in spring and at the beginning of the summer near windows.
Carpet beetles vary in color depending on type e g varied black furniture or common carpet beetles.
Carpet beetles are persistent pests that can eat away at your carpets clothing and other fabrics.
They have short antennae and round bodies and might also have irregular brown orange and white scales or be solid brown or black.
The varied carpet beetle anthrenus verbasci is a 3 mm long beetle belonging to the family dermestidae.
Sometimes they look like a black and yellow ladybug.
We cannot say for certain that there is any relationship between the two occurrences.
If you can t clean something spray it with insecticide that s safe for indoor use.
Be sure to follow the instructions.
Bed bugs are reddish brown flat and shaped like an apple seed.
If you wash them use hot water.
You ve noticed that carpet beetles length varies a lot while bed bugs are always the same length.
The varied carpet beetle in many ways does resemble the bed bug.
They are a common species often considered a pest of domestic houses and particularly natural history museums where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets furniture clothing and insect collections.
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.
