Both adult carpet beetles and larvae can infest your home but the larvae do the most damage by eating organic materials like wool leather and silk.
Worms carpet beetle larvae.
The reader s problem is relatively widespread as the carpet beetle larvae can be found throughout her entire apartment on the mattress carpet and walls.
They are generally carrot shaped to oval shaped and brown to tan in color with white and tan stripes.
To know where to focus the brunt of your cleaning first look for the primary source of the infestation which will be the area with the most signs of damage and beetles.
Are varied carpet beetles dangerous.
Thus she isn t finding worms or dead worm bodies but larvae and dead larva bodies.
For one it looks like a carpet beetle larva with its brown and stripped body and in addition carpet beetle larvae are common household pests and of course one is more likely to find a common pest than an uncommon one.
Hairs visible upon their backs easily identify carpet beetle larvae.
The main difference is the color.
Bed bug larvae look like little worms while carpet beetle larvae look like fuzzy bugs with little spines all over them.