larve or worm
Location: iran/tehran
October 30, 2010 9:30 am
Hi I’m Maryam. My family and I are living in Iran.
During the last month my parents suffered from some kind of rash or bite…!
Who did not understand what causes allergies.
Until we find a large number of very small worms under their bed.
Their length is about 4 mm… We do not know exactly where they live..!?
Do they live in textiles, mattress or in soils and between the tiles..?
Because they also existed under the carpets
Is it possible they eat blood?
Because some of them had a reddish color…
How we destroy them?
Thanks for your help
Signature: allergen worms
Hi Maryam,
The insects in your photo are Carpet Beetle Larvae, probably in the genus Attagenus based on comparison with some photos on BugGuide. Carpet Beetles have a cosmopolitan distribution and they are responsible for doing considerable damage to museum collections that contain animal specimens including insect collections, taxidermy specimens, and human textiles made of wool and other organic materials, but they are not responsible for the bites in the second photo you have submitted. The Carpet Beetle Larvae will also feed on pet hair and human hair, but they may be damaging your wool rugs. The bites are another matter entirely, and we are not sure what might be causing them.
Not bites: stings. One can develop an allergy / hypersensitivity to the urticating hairs, sometimes loaded with toxins, that these pritnear omnipresent, if almost always hidden, beasties lob at their unsuspecting hosts. Contact dermatitis is the most common effect. I spent most of the last two years blinded by corneal ulcers after catching debris from pupae in my eyes, despite safety goggles, while scraping/prepping walls and ceilings of my last rental home for paint. White papers suggest the allergy can be either trauma-related or a cumulative exposure type thing, so gloves and respirators are a good idea when cleaning out attics, basements, or anywhere these guys are found to congregate. While they don’t bite, the stings can be crippling, even deadly to the right person in the wrong colonized circumstance. Vacuum cracks and crevices, day & night, and toss infested clothing/furniture/rugs/bedding/etc: it will be less costly than trying to restore your most beloved personal articles, if the infestation is visibly active. I learned the hard way, over 4 yrs with this allergy. The month in ICU this summer was awful, but [ahh] carpet-beetle-larvae-free.
This is fascinating information. Thank you for providing our readership with your personal experience regarding Carpet Beetle Larvae.
After reading this I am convinced that this is what has been the issue in my home. Over the last year I have been losing an unhealthy amount of hair and am curious if these pest could have something to do with it since my doctor cannot seem to find any answer for it. Thank you for sharing your struggle and I am glad you are beetle free. I am not looking forward to this.
I too have been and still am suffering from Carpet Beetle Larvae Urticaria. Past four years, I am really suffering with this and no matter how much I vacuum, clean, steam, etc, I can’t catch a break. I have the larvae in my car and every night on my drive home from work I suffer. I can’t seem to get rid of them, especially the fibers in my clothes I’ve washed several times. How can I get rid of these quickly and how can I get the non healing sores they seem to cause, to stop? Several biopsies confirmed insect bite reaction and I’ve found 3 mature beetles in my house. I clean 5 hours everyday and exhausted by this, I refuse to believe it’s Morgellons. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
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I’m tried cleaning with vinegar it does work because I think I’m going to the same thing and the only thing that honestly works for my skin is going to be the vinegar as well apple cider vinegar it does Sting on the parts where the hairs I guess you want to say get stuff in your skin I thought it was mold floors I haven’t ruled that out yet cuz I think it’s a combination of both but I do shower with Head and shoulders Believe it or not regular cleaning classic Head and shoulders will help you but you have to wash your body first with a dry wash cloth soaked apple cider vinegar rub all your body vigorously like that first and then get in the shower and email
I have a carpet beedle infestation in my home. they are in frig, leather couch and my bed. everywhere.
I have cleaned and cleaned but cant seem to be rid of them. now they are affecting my body.
I have an allergic reaction to the hairs which are now giving me bite like marks especially on lower legs, my heel (used full strength tea tree oil) a lot better now, at least I can walk without too much pain. they are also in my hair (but cant get a good look on scalp. but I can feel them. I put boric acid on scalp (think it helps). they get in my clothes.
I went on vacation (taking clothes that were bagged). it was a nightmare. they were in the bed crawling on me constantly. its the same at home. I use a sticky roller on kitchen counter tops to remove them, but they keep coming back.
what can I put on my skin to keep them off me. my hands are swollen with a horrible itch, also legs are same. a lot of times they get into my underwear. I am at my wits end. seems nobody knows what to do. or they don’t believe it.
do you know how to get rid of this allergy so I can enjoy life again. I am now age 67 and retired…but life is horrible.
I cant even make food, i.e soup..they seem to fall into it.
have used peppermint oil, neem paste..alchohol (maybe I should drink it) haha, nothing helps
please help me
I believe you because I have the same thing going on. My hair is infested with them and so is my carpet. My copd and asthma have been affected greatly. Family doesn’t see them and think I’m crazy. They are eating my hair away, they even eat the shampoo as I’m washing my hair. I won’t eat because I can see them crawling in the food. Nothing seems to kill these creatures.
hi helen, my family doesnt believe me either. i have carpet beedles for approx 6 years now..sold my home and threw out everything and moved…but…had them in my car..plus i am sure i had them in hair when i moved. i tried everything and nothing worked..now 6 years later i use a cortisone cream for the sting marks and wipe down with witchhazel (which i found out about on another site. try it..u have nothing to lose. they used to crawl on my food as well, not so much anymore, but keep everything sealed. i still dont use blankets and they seem to get in them…use heating pad and sheet and towel..stupid aye..i started getting these beedles when i was 64..happy retirement to us all!!! i am not good at computers…but if you are and can find a person named patricia reynolds on facebook…she seems to have the answer and articles on carpet beedles and supposedly has a cure. i found her on site couple years ago..she was the one that mentioned the witchhazel…keep me posted plse.
Earthkind.com use a spider supplement for the laundry and for showering videos of a washcloth and apple cider vinegar all over your body first before getting in the shower after that’s done and you clean your body’s early you may have to use more than one washable off wash with Head and shoulders clean and classic or an antibacterial soap probably dial be your best bet original Marshall lattice of London doesn’t have perfume in it that’s what makes it lather you do not want that it makes worse than what it is more slimy more sticky we do not want to email me from one information I think I went broke finding out exactly what the clue to this thing actually was
I have a carpet beedle infestation in my home. they are in frig, leather couch and my bed. everywhere.
I have cleaned and cleaned but cant seem to be rid of them. now they are affecting my body.
I have an allergic reaction to the hairs which are now giving me bite like marks especially on lower legs, my heel (used full strength tea tree oil) a lot better now, at least I can walk without too much pain. they are also in my hair (but cant get a good look on scalp. but I can feel them. I put boric acid on scalp (think it helps). they get in my clothes.
I went on vacation (taking clothes that were bagged). it was a nightmare. they were in the bed crawling on me constantly. its the same at home. I use a sticky roller on kitchen counter tops to remove them, but they keep coming back.
what can I put on my skin to keep them off me. my hands are swollen with a horrible itch, also legs are same. a lot of times they get into my underwear. I am at my wits end. seems nobody knows what to do. or they don’t believe it.
do you know how to get rid of this allergy so I can enjoy life again. I am now age 67 and retired…but life is horrible.
I cant even make food, i.e soup..they seem to fall into it.
have used peppermint oil, neem paste..alchohol (maybe I should drink it) haha, nothing helps
please help me
I must also mention I had orkin spray my house for carpet beedles, which they had confirmed, but they couldn’t fix the problem..
I have an investigation of carpet beetles. I’ve seen two different types the black and the brown speckled. I have suffered for over a month and a half with terrible rashes and bites. I have read that they do not bite although I have actual have bites and irritations. i’m not sure if they carry some type of mite. I originally thought I had scabies and I had been treating myself to no avail. The dermatologist are useless they’re just looking to shoot Botox and filler’s. Right now I’m feeling really good my rash is healing and my inflammation is decreasing.
Okso this is what I have done of course clean like crazy throw out anything infested. Somethings can’t be washed because they just have too many hairs remaining almost impossible to get out of clothes. I have been bathing in Dead Sea salt , baking soda, avocado oil and epson salt, I soak for an hour.
I’ve been using aloe vera and for some reason they’re not biting me. I also had my house sprayed for carpet beedles.
I have an investigation of carpet beetles. I’ve seen two different types the black and the brown speckled. I have suffered for over a month and a half with terrible rashes and bites. I have read that they do not bite although I have actual have bites and irritations. i’m not sure if they carry some type of mite. I originally thought I had scabies and I had been treating myself to no avail. The dermatologist are useless they’re just looking to shoot Botox and filler’s. Right now I’m feeling really good my rash is healing and my inflammation is decreasing.
Okso this is what I have done of course clean like crazy throw out anything infested. Somethings can’t be washed because they just have too many hairs remaining almost impossible to get out of clothes. I have been bathing in Dead Sea salt , baking soda, avocado oil and epson salt, I soak for an hour.
I’ve been using aloe vera and for some reason they’re not biting me. I also had my house sprayed for carpet beedles.
I have an investigation of carpet beetles. I’ve seen two different types the black and the brown speckled. I have suffered for over a month and a half with terrible rashes and some type of mite. I originally thought I had scabies and I had been treating myself to no avail. The dermatologist are useless they’re just looking to shoot Botox and filler’s. Right now I’m feeling really good my rash is healing and my inflammation is decreasing.
Okso this is what I have done of course clean like crazy throw out anything infested. Somethings can’t be washed because they just have too many hairs remaining almost impossible to get out of clothes. I have been bathing in Dead Sea salt , baking soda, avocado oil and epson salt, I soak for an hour.
I’ve been using aloe vera and for some reason they’re not biting me. I also had my house sprayed for carpet beedles.
I have an investigation of carpet beetles. I’ve seen two different types the black and the brown speckled. I have suffered for over a month and a half with terrible rashes and some type of mite. I originally thought I had scabies and I had been treating myself to no avail. The dermatologist are useless they’re just looking to shoot Botox and filler’s. Right now I’m feeling really good my rash is healing and my inflammation is decreasing.
Okso this is what I have done of course clean like crazy throw out anything infested. Somethings can’t be washed because they just have too many hairs remaining almost impossible to get out of clothes. I have been bathing in Dead Sea salt , baking soda, avocado oil and epson salt, I soak for an hour.
I’ve been using aloe vera and for some reason they’re not biting me. I also had my house sprayed for carpet beedles.
Hi everyone im so glad i came across this ! Im in my 3rd year of this nightmare im in the uk, i was bitten over 50 times by mozzies and horseflies me and hubby just started our own landscaping business a few weeks later i started feeling unwell with bouts of sickness and dihorreah i lost nearly 4 stone in 2 months im losing my teeth just waiting for full extraction i had a private parasite test by pci, and results said i have live nematode but they couldn’t say what as it hasnt hatched, also fungal infection, anemia, staph infection, i had bilaterial palsy, my immune system was failing i had body tremor lost vidion and hearing in left side my finger tips and toes are constantly numb now my infectious disease dr has just discharged me as he cant find anything and thinks its mental health… its crazy im so sick of trying to find the answer but tonight i found a bag of clothes and thought omg whatt the hell theres maggotts but cant be because they had legs then came across powder post beetle which lead me here… my whole family are suffering and i feel stuck 🙁 like you guys i cant breathe in my home i feel sick and closterhobic but when im away im great how do i get drs to look at me and take me serious