How do You Get Rid of Bed Bugs in Your Carpet?
Bed bugs primarily infest mattresses, but they have also been known to live in carpets. Rather than burrowing deep into the carpet, bed bugs tend to live closer to the carpet’s surface. Fortunately, this habit makes removing them from your carpet with a vacuum much easier. In general, eliminating bed bugs can be a large undertaking that often leads to professional treatment. Regardless, you can take several steps to clean up many of them if they are living on your carpet or rugs:
- Seal the bugs in by using a vacuum that uses bags.
- Scatter diatomaceous earth on top of the carpet or rugs.
- Vacuum the area thoroughly, with each area being vacuumed several times.
- Repeat steps 1-3 multiple times.
- Take the vacuum outside to remove the bag. Seal and dispose.
- Consider cleaning the carpets or rugs with a steam or shampoo cleaner.
You can successfully remove many bed bugs by following these steps. It’s important to know that the bug bugs are also hiding in other spaces if they are in your carpet, so it may be time to connect with an exterminator to eradicate the infestation.
Do I Have Bed Bugs or Carpet Beetles?
It is common to mistake carpet beetles and bed bugs for one another. Learning the difference between these two bugs can be done by looking at their appearance, especially in the larval stage. For example, bed bugs do not go through a larval stage after hatching, while carpet beetles appear like fuzzy miniature caterpillars.
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Do You Need to Get Carpets Professionally Cleaned After Bed Bugs?
Professional treatments from your local bed bug exterminators should give you the peace of mind that your bed bug infestation has been controlled. Should you desire to have your carpets cleaned after the treatment, you can certainly do so for your own cleanliness goals. If there are any lingering bed bugs, a high-heat steam would kill them off. In other words, it’s not required, but it definitely wouldn’t hurt.