Allergic Reaction Carpet Beetle Rash Vs Bed Bug Bites

However rashes from bed bugs are from bites while rashes from carpet beetles are from allergic reactions.

Allergic reaction carpet beetle rash vs bed bug bites.

Carpet beetles can also leave red bumps on your skin but they aren t bites. Bed bug bites are itchier and the carpet beetle s rash is more painful. Another reason why bites alone are not an accurate way of diagnosing an insect problem. If only one person in the bed is getting bites or a rash it s more likely that you have.

Bed bug bites or a carpet beetle rash. The bug injects anesthetic and anticoagulant into your skin with its mouth to ensure a quick feeding that won t disturb your sleep. In fact what appears to be carpet beetle bites is an allergic reaction due to the hair bristles fur of the carpet beetle larvae. Bed bug bites are actual bites.

While bed bugs love to bite the truth of the matter is that carpet beetles do not bite. The allergic reaction is so bad in fact that it s hard to tell the difference between both. Symptoms bites bite like reactions to carpet beetles can appear similar to bedbugs as illustrated in the image above. Adult carpet beetles do not bite or even eat up fabrics however there larvae form isn t as courteous.

Most importantly though the hair or bristles of the larva s abdomen and the traces of the insect s blood are causing an allergic reaction to people resulting in a rash that resembles bed bug bites. This saliva causes an allergic reaction in some people which registers as raised red welts that itch.