Carpet beetles vary in color depending on type e g varied black furniture or common carpet beetles.
Tiny brown bugs in carpet.
They are one of the few tiny brown bugs that can transmit diseases like lyme disease.
Instead they consume keratin which is the main protein found in fur hair and feathers.
Bed bugs are reddish brown flat and shaped like an apple seed.
The eggs hatch in 7 to 21 days and start feeding on upholstery fabric shed fur lint or other tiny debris your couch collects.
They are parasitic and feed off the blood usually a pet s blood but they are known to feed off humans.
The adults are 1 16 to 1 8 inch long and oval shaped.
They have short antennae and round bodies and might also have irregular brown orange and white scales or be solid brown or black.
Most commonly small brown bugs can be found in various parts of the home from the kitchen to the garage be they fleas carpet beetles or bedbugs among others.
Carpet beetles don t bite people or pets.
Check more about the common uk types of carpet beetles in the uk.
These are the smallest of the carpet beetles measuring in at around 0 25cm.
They range in color from black to speckled with white brown yellow and orange.
Sometimes they look like a black and yellow ladybug.
Finding bugs inside of your home is never a fun experience but treating them will depend on which type of pest you have on your hands.
This is a less commonly found tiny brown bug but it s also the most dangerous one.