Okay, so about 4 months ago I started to notice these little beetles walking on me when I wake up at first I just thought "okay creepy but you do have a pet turtle who is not the cleanest creature in the world" so I think nothing of it besides shaking out my sheets and killing them on site. A few weeks later I just started seeing more and more and I was kinda creeped out so I researched and they are definitely confused flour beetles and I’m trying to find time to vacuum like crazy but my biggest question is; Has anyone experienced having these in your bedroom but not your pantry before? When I crush them it makes a pungent almost mothball reminiscent smell. If anyone has any tips on removing them that would be helpful.
Can’t seem to find much about them anywhere besides the pantry.
Moved my turtle out and no improvement..
Vacuumed my bed and found 3-4 of them.
I tend to find 4-5 a day now which I promptly kill.
Thanks for your time.
I have identified them as confused flour beetles;
they are 1/8 inch long,
have a segmented head from body red-brownish colouring
they don’t fly
have a beetle carapace
they don’t bite
clubbed short antennae
almost pill shaped
IE definitely not bedbugs
I just found these today after dressing my son and seeing bites on him. I told my husband that they looked like the bugs we find in the flour, but those do not bite. In Ohio, we are having a huge problem with bed begs and I am thinking that is what they are. It is costly to have someone come in to exterminate, but you can also buy a mattress cover and boxspring cover for bed bugs.
Your vacuum is the best weapon. Vacuum a lot.
Putting your new flour in a sealed container or in the freezer will keep eggs from being laid there.
Washing the shelves where the flour and food is kept with soap and water, paying attention to the corners and edges, will get rid of the eggs. If they are in other foods, the new food should be put in sealed containers. Plastic bags are not air tight. Bugs can get in them. Bay leaves and peppermint can repel pantry moths.