You will notice the difference in color.
Carpet beetle or bed bug.
Bed bugs are bigger and have flat bodies than bed bugs.
The scientific name of the beetle is coleoptera and the scientific name of the carpet beetle is anthrenus verbasci.
The difference here is that bed bugs have a mouth made for piercing skin and sucking blood while carpet beetles have a mouth made for chewing on plants and other fibrous material.
Carpet beetles are usually quite small but can grow to nearly ladybug size.
Carpet beetles are not bed bugs.
In the pacific northwest they have a black and yellow color pattern but black and blue is common as well.
However carpet beetles can damage fabrics and bed bugs can bite people.
After a larval stage they can be found in carpeting along trim in your windowsills your bedding and just about anywhere.
Both insects can breed fast and may remain hidden for a while before you start to notice them.
They look much different from bed bugs.
Bed bug scientific name the scientific name of the bed bug is cimex lectularius.
The carpet beetle looks like a bed bug when they are small but as they grow.
Adult bed bug carpet beetles.
Bed bugs eat human blood and carpet beetle larvae feed on wool and animal based materials.
For those of you who are a little bit more impatient i ll say that there are 5 main differences between carpet beetles and bed bugs.
The good news is that this means carpet beetles don t bite humans.
Carpet beetles look more striped with a white and brown color palette.
Carpet beetles are also the same as small caterpillars rather than little worms.