
Without an expert level of knowledge, you may mix up one beetle for another. This, and other similarly small differences, often go unnoticed. An adult red flour beetle has a three-segmented club on its antenna and a confused flour beetle does not.

While beetles do share some characteristics, each type of bug has a somewhat different appearance. If the pests in your home don't fit the bed bug's description, you have a different type of an invader. These pests have six legs and are typically one-fourth of an inch long, according to the National Pest Management Association's (NPMA) PestWorld website. Again, bed bugs have a characteristic oval or apple seed-shape and a brown or red color. Wings aren't the only way to identify the beetles in your home. If you're not sure which type of invader is in your home, contact an expert exterminator for an inspection. While they don't have wings and won't fly, it's easy to confuse bed bugs and pantry pest types of beetles. Bed bugs are apple seed-shaped, brown to reddish in color, and crawl along surfaces.
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You may notice these pests in the air near sunny windows or light bulbs.Įven though bed bugs may look like some types of household flying beetles, these pests don't have wings. Common pantry pests such as the red flour beetle, drugstore beetle, and cigarette beetle have wings and can fly. This question can help you differentiate between some pests and narrow down the invader options. If you're not sure what to do next, take a look at the best pest questions to ask to identify the pests. Instead, they are tiny brown, black, or reddish flying and crawling bugs. Does your home have a beetle invasion? While you might welcome Paul or Ringo in your home, these beetles aren't British musicians.
