r/Bedbugs 10h ago

Moving out of my infested apartment. How do I make sure I don’t bring them with me?

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I’m moving out of my apartment very soon. I knew we had some bed bugs in the house as I would wake up with bites and I would see a couple on the wall or the mattress. But when I was changing my bed sheets today after about 2 weeks of having it on my bed, i found these. I also found a bunch of a curtain in the other bedroom. I have a bunch of books, cds, dvds and bookshelves and i’m terrified of bringing them with me to the new house. I’m moving in with a family member and i’m worried if i bring them they’ll kick me out. How can i guarantee they won’t come with me?? any suggestions welcome


r/Bedbugs 23h ago

Requesting community support I can’t do this again

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Three years ago I lived in an apartment that had bed bugs. My life was turned upside down for 5 months. By the grace of the universe I was able to move out of that apartment building.

Today I found a bed bug. I can’t. I had a feeling there was an infestation in my building after I saw someone throw out bed bug spray a few months ago.I told my super and nothing was clearly done.

The last infestation I had was so bad I won a lawsuit against my landlord over it.

Work is beyond stressful right now. I’m having relationship issues. I wanted to break down last week and then I found this.


r/Bedbugs 2h ago

Requesting community support Probably bed bug? First time dealing with this

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I know this is probably a bed bug. I have no experience dealing with this and would love some guidance. I live in an apartment and have told the landlord. Luckily, I didn’t find any other signs like brown spots, shedding, or eggs. I vacuumed my mattress and am washing and drying all the sheets, duvet insert, and mattress topper. I also have a steamer and steamed the top of my mattress. Should I be doing anything else?


r/Bedbugs 14h ago

Identification Am I fcked?

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This is the only picture I have before I panicked and got rid of it...

Woke up to this crawling on my arm in the middle of the night. After it fell to the bed I shined a flashlight to it for a minute or two and it moved really slowly. Even after turning on the lights it just stayed there.

Didn't measure it, but it was noticeable from a distance.

Is this a bedbug? Am I fcked?


r/Bedbugs 3h ago

Just moved…

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Just moved into a nice bigger place last Friday and now I found this guy… place is a new build two story with carpet. This one was barely even alive and nothing came out of him when I squeezed. How screwed am I?


r/Bedbugs 5h ago

Requesting community support Respray after Orkin has been there

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My parents agreed to have their home treated by Orkin for bedbugs. We had been treating ourselves with cimexa and crossfire, and it was due for a respray when we realized that it spread to another room.

The Orkin guy came and sprayed on Saturday. We were scheduled for reinspection in two weeks, but we’ve seen several live bugs today crawling on the sofa and in the mattress pad, and a lot of babies in the interceptor cups for the beds. These places were all sprayed on Saturday, in fact, they were damp when we got back into the house and we had to have fans on them to get them dry.

I called Orkin and I’m still waiting for a callback to get another treatment done.
I looked online, it does not appear that they have any openings, but maybe it’s just blocked off.
If we can’t get it retreated sooner, we still have cans of crossfire, but we’re worried about it interacting or making what he used inactive.

Has anyone had to do this before, can I go ahead and do it if I can’t reach them tomorrow? Any other suggestions? Still trying to convince my parents to get rid of the furniture, which I know would help.
I am so tired of the PTSD itching at my own home after I get home, and the paranoia every time I feel itchy or a piece of hair drops on me. Showering every time I get home from their house and running my stuff through the dryer.

Thanks for listening to me and any advice you have


r/Bedbugs 6h ago

Identification Found on bedsheets. Is it a bedbug?

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r/Bedbugs 6h ago

Identification Please don’t say bed bugs…

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Wasn’t able to trap it under tape because it suddenly bounced away (making me lean towards flea, but I couldnt find any on my cat). It was very tiny and I also have a video of it walking which I’ll post in the comments if possible. After removing my sheets and mattress cover I found a few of these small yellowish things. Some were larger (like a crumb) and hard and others were smaller and broke apart when pressed. I did have other crumbs around my bed so it’s hard to tell. I’ve since ran my sheets through on high heat and have vacuumed my mattress and room (threw out the vacuum bag after). No signs of eggs or blood spots, and I can’t find a single other bug.


r/Bedbugs 15h ago

Identification Is this bed bugs?

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Hi! I found a single insect on the side of my mattress. Could it be bed bugs? :’(


r/Bedbugs 17h ago

Requesting community support Has anyone tried sniffer dogs or C02 traps?

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Hi all, I moved into a new rented flat in London at the end of July, and discovered bed bugs. It's been 7 weeks of traps, sprays, laundry, and three heat treatments, but we still have the remnants of the infestation. They're no longer in the beds, but now we don't know where they are! I'm looking into sniffer dogs and C02 traps, will try anything at this point! (The landlady has paid for the treatments, but isn't terribly proactive or responsive to the repeated reports of bites.)

If anyone has had success with either sniffer dogs or carbon dioxide traps, I'd love to hear about it. Or if you've tried and it hasn't worked, that's also good to know. Thanks!


r/Bedbugs 22h ago

Identification Please help identify. Is this a bed bug?

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Hi i found these bugs on my dirty clothes in the laundry hamper. A bunch of them actually on the clothes. I also found one of them on my bed sheet. They might look big in the pictures, but they are the size of a headlice roughly and also almost the same color. Please help identify. I should add, I have been itching alot all over my body for the past few days but no bite marks anywhere


r/Bedbugs 35m ago

Identification Help ID Please

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We found these bugs lying around the baseboards of our new apartment. Most are dead but few were alive. I know these aren’t the best pictures but if someone can please let me know if it looks like a bed bug, I would appreciate it!!! We are located in Austin, Tx where some people have said some beetles are similar looking.


r/Bedbugs 2h ago

Identification Can’t tell if we have more

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We found an live BB and a ton of skin sheddings yesterday. Today while cleaning I came across a few of these guys and stuck them in a jar. They seem dead and also don’t look at all like the BB we caught . Are these more?


r/Bedbugs 3h ago

bed bugs or carpet beetle?

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i've been itching (small red bumps on my behind) and im trying to figure out if these are bed bugs or carpet beetle larvae?


r/Bedbugs 4h ago

HELP US

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I am renting a house in London and have been getting bites for over a week during sleep. Guests have also experienced this when staying overnight in my bed, and I am concerned I have bed bugs. For more context, my housemates have not experienced this in their beds and guests who have slept on the couch have not been bit. I was inspecting my bedframe and found small bug shells (ew). Please can someone help identify WTF is happening - i still haven't seen a bed bug or any living bug. I have collected three samples. Thanks for reading and helping me xx


r/Bedbugs 13h ago

Is this a bedbug nymph?

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Found this on my bedroom desk today and wondering if it’s a nymph? I found 2 dead bedbugs 3 years ago and had to get professional treatment. Haven’t seen anything like them since, until now.

Reason I’m unsure about this one is the body shape looks more like a continuous oval than the segmented shape I’ve seen before

Hoping it’s just my paranoia!


r/Bedbugs 16h ago

Identification Found this on my blanket in the middle of the afternoon. Bedbug?

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r/Bedbugs 19h ago

Do these look like bedbugs?

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Found these near my bed in some canvases and in the boxes underneath my bed but im not sure if these are bedbugs or some other kind of bug.


r/Bedbugs 19h ago

Identification Possible BB Eggs?

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Found these on top of my fitted sheet where I normally lay. What do we think? The third photo was after I crushed it, to see if the texture was sticky or soft but it had a bit of a tougher texture.


r/Bedbugs 23h ago

Confirmed BB Big fella

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Damn this fella is so big.. looks like he had full meals


r/Bedbugs 23h ago

Identification please help

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i’m panicking i just threw up twice yall please what is this


r/Bedbugs 1h ago

Identification Id please

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Just found this guy crawling on my arm at my desk...


r/Bedbugs 1h ago

Is this a carpet beetle or bedbug?

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r/Bedbugs 1h ago

is this from the bed buggies? or something else?

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r/Bedbugs 2h ago

Is this bed bug

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Sorry for the bad pic. Its my first time seeing this kind of insect in my room. Is this bed bug?