Carpet beetles often confused with bed bugs are small pests that can cause a large amount of damage if left untreated attracted to natural fibers carpet beetles can damage carpets furniture and clothing.
Carpet beetle vs weevil.
All weevils invariably have their mouth parts attached on a noticible specially structured snout.
Although carpet beetles don t pose any risk to humans beyond a potential allergic reaction the larvae do chew through fabric doing damage that s often mistaken for moths.
Beetles and weevils have two major morphological differences.
Carpet beetles will also feed off the felt under furniture and lamps and inside musical instrument cases.
As nouns the difference between beetle and weevil is that beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard shell like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head used to drive wedges beat pavements etc while weevil is.
Carpet beetles can also thrive on lint hair and debris accumulating under baseboards and inside floor vents and ducts.
In case of beetles the mouth parts are directly attached to head.