Tiny Bugs That Live In Carpet

Carpet beetles are covered in tiny hairs which are difficult to see unless you look at them under magnification.

Tiny bugs that live in carpet.

Unfortunately the same cannot be said of their larvae. Others such as fleas can lay 2 000 eggs weekly. An adult carpet beetle won t cause your home any harm. Since the larvae shed their skins often you will often see their cast off skins which look like the live larvae.

A thorough cleaning of the carpet can leave you with a bug free home. 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. Most carpet beetles and beetle larvae found in our region are small and eighth of an inch or less. The beetles themselves are oval shiny and black.

Carpet beetle larvae can eat holes in rugs curtains upholstery clothing and books. In this post we ll talk about carpet mites what causes carpet beetles where carpet beetles come from and how to avoid a carpet beetle infestation. 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. Carpet beetle larvae are elongated and appear to be fuzzy or hairy.

Some female bugs such as bed bugs lay up to five eggs daily. They leave their molted skins behind so you might find small piles of fuzzy skins in infested pantries closets or drawers. When a bug takes shelter inside a carpet it causes an infestation.