Brown Scavenger Beetle

7203.       I’ve found a few of these in the bedroom a week after noticing itchy bites that look like bed bug bites, many in a row/cluster pattern. It’s very small (1-3mm long) and although it looks like a bed bug from the bottom, the top view looks very similar to the black carpet beetles we’ve seen downstairs. Is this a bed bug or a carpet beetle that happens to be brown? Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Number 7203.   This looks like a minute brown scavenger beetle (Coleoptera: Latridiidae). Their presence in a home usually is indicative of a humidity problem, as they feed primarily on fungus filaments and mold spores. One species is known to ‘sample’ human skin, but its appearance is quite different from your specimen;  Brown Scavenger Beetle Details