Floating Bugs Carpet Mites

Fleas dust mites and bed bugs.

Floating bugs carpet mites.

As a bed bug infestation grows they spread to nearby articles of upholstered furniture behind baseboards into wall voids beneath loose flooring and behind electrical switches. Carpet mites more commonly referred to as dust mites or straw itch mites are tiny microscopic bugs that dwell within your carpet clothing bedding and anywhere else they find refuge. Bedbugs are larger than dust mites and can be seen with the naked eye. Carpet mites is a term which generally refers to a type of house dust mite which measures about one fourth of a millimeter.

It s important to remove carpet mites as soon as you notice them. They are arachnids with eight legs which are too small to see with the naked eye. Bugs can carry diseases cause allergies and trigger asthma attacks. There are three species of mites that readily infest homes the bird mite the clover mite and the dust mite.

House mites are highly adapted to live inside your home. These mites usually feed on small flies that live on oak leaves but they can drop from trees and bite humans. Some female bugs such as bed bugs lay up to five eggs daily. They re sometimes confused with dust mites because they live in bedding carpets and curtains.

Inside a carpet considered immaculate to the human eye is home to bugs. These creatures are actually not insects. Others such as fleas can lay 2 000 eggs weekly.