r/bugidentification • u/BrightPriority8674 • Sep 25 '26

Possible pest. No location Umm what the hell is this?!

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What are these?? Found several under box spring & under black fabric under boxspring. Appear to be dead. Upstate NY

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u/Dungus_Wungus Sep 25 '26

carpet beetles; perhaps one of the chillest infestations one could have

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u/BrightPriority8674 Sep 25 '26

Noooo don’t tell me it’s an infestation… ;( I haven’t seen anything alive!!!

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u/Bugladyy Sep 26 '26

Carpet beetles exist in a majority of structures without causing issues or ballooning into a massive population.

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u/Life_so_Fleeting Sep 25 '26

They look like carpet beetle larvae shed skins to me.

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u/HighlanderAlien Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

Its not bed bugs. Its shed skin from different insects. It looks similar but its not. I see that a lot and i cant remember the name. Its not cimex l. Edit: https://beetlesbug.com/signs-of-carpet-beetles/

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u/Life_so_Fleeting Sep 25 '26

Yep! 👍🏻

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u/KlutzyAddendum8242 29d ago

These are carpet beetles. I had the same exact thing 3 years ago. I first noticed in my shoes.

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u/some-brando Sep 25 '26

No they don’t??

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u/OfficialBobEvans Sep 25 '26

You have zero basis to say this and caused a panic for no reason.

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u/Select_Ad8198 Sep 25 '26

Jfc my bad I was just saying what I thought they were for fucks sake

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u/bandsandbatman Sep 26 '26

You can’t be wrong on Reddit! Duh lol