10 Types of Animals that Live in Carpets

Carpet is often a source of disease, especially skin diseases, allergies, caused by animal or insect bites or ticks are found living on the carpet. Maybe there are thousands of animals who are living on the carpet with a very small size. Here are 10 types of animals that live in carpets.

10. Ant

Ants are common insects found in homes. Ants are often found living on carpet, moreover, there is carpet is dirty or food crumbs. Although ants are harmless but sometimes annoying presence of ants. Ant bites leave scars or red bumps and itchy.

9. Centipede

Centipedes is arthopoda animal species. Long centipede-shaped with a pair of legs – legs on each body segment. Centipede humid place to live, closed and dark. Centipede numerous in our homes. Centipede sometimes found living on bottom of the carpet that is rarely cleaned. Centipede classified as dangerous because it can bite.

8. Beds fleas

Beds fleas are animals that used to live behind a mattress, blankets and carpets. Beds fleas is not always associated with dirt or lack of hygiene, bed bugs are also found to live in mattresses, blankets and carpets are clean. Although Beds fleas do not transmit disease mattress but its presence is a nuisance.

7. Carpet Beetles

Carpet beetles are the animals found living on the carpet with the size, color and shape are varied ranging from 2-3 mm. Carpet beetles tend to live outside the home. But by the summer of carpet beetles are very likely get into the house and lay eggs in carpets, curtains or draperies. They usually eat carpet fibers and leaving a hole clothes.

6. Fleas Human

Fleas Human are lice that attack humans to suck blood and cause itching. Human lice consists of several types, among them are: head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis), body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus) and pubic lice (pubic Phthiris). Fleas can attack human beings if we do not maintain the cleanliness of hair, body, and clothing. Human lice can move from one person to another, but its presence are pathogenic or not transmit the disease.

5. Dust mites

Dust mites are tiny parasites that animals which are invertebrates. Mites not including fleas and insects. Mites can live as parasites on other animals such as cats, birds, cats, etc.. Mites can live in carpets, mattresses, bed linen and cause an allergy, the bite can cause intense itching.

4. Chinch

Chinch or bedbug are parasitic insects found living on the carpet or bed. Bedbugs bite humans unwittingly and cause itching, rashes and allergies. Bedbugs are very happy live in carpets and mattresses. Drying and winds carpets and mattresses at regular intervals to avoid the presence of bedbugs.

3. Dog Fleas

Dog fleas are fleas that attack dogs on race and type anything. Dogs are not kept clean can be easily infected with lice. Pet dog ticks infected fleas will leave anywhere, in carpet, in bed and can bite humans.

2. Louse

Louse are ectoparasites of animals that attack dogs. Louse ​​size of about 30 mm. Louse are found in the head, neck, ears and soles of the feet dog. Louse suck the blood of its host. Warts can also be found on carpet of pets (dogs). Ticks including animal pathogenesis (disease agents) that are harmful after mosquitoes.

1. Fleas

Fleas are parasitic insects that size is very small, less than 1 inch. Fleas are have no wings but very proficient jumping and very hard to catch. Fleas are often found living on the carpet or bed. Fleas from a dog or cat’s fur and into the house. Fleas can bite humans that causes severe itching for days, leaving a small bump is large (larger than mosquitoes) and colored red.