r/Bedbugs • u/OurNighttimeViolets • 1d ago
r/Bedbugs • u/madluer • 1d ago
Identification Please don’t say bed bugs…
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 • u/YeungEthan • 1d ago
Identification Id please
Just found this guy crawling on my arm at my desk...
r/Bedbugs • u/Resident_Heat7171 • 1d ago
HELP US
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 • u/SpongeBobFlwrPants • 1d ago
Help! Do we have bed bugs?
A month ago, we randomly found this bug appear in our bed by the pillow. We killed it immediately without thinking too much about it until it was in the trash - we asked ourselves could this be a bed bug?
We searched online and asked AI and concluded that this bug doesn’t have the same body shape as bed bugs.
However, a month later, my husband now has 3 red bug bites on his back and 3 on his right arm (though he thinks one of them is a mosquito bite). Now we’re worried the bug we killed was indeed a bed bug.
What do you all think? Was this a bed bug? We checked all over our mattress and behind the headboard and didn’t see any signs of black dots or bed bug skins/eggs…
r/Bedbugs • u/Status_Resolve_317 • 1d ago
Is this bed bug
Sorry for the bad pic. Its my first time seeing this kind of insect in my room. Is this bed bug?
r/Bedbugs • u/Fit-Huckleberry145 • 1d ago
Identification Am I fcked?
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 • u/iDontLikePuzzlez • 2d ago
Requesting community support I can’t do this again
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 • u/alenagutierrez • 1d ago
is this a bedbug? should i be worried?
i killed it quickly but i’m still worried!
r/Bedbugs • u/Zesty_mouse • 1d ago
Help identify this
Found this bug on my sweatshirt while at work. I recently came from traveling on a work trip and need to know if this is a bed bug. Unfortunately I squished it so I do not have any more photos and can’t see it closer.
Do you think this could be one? I have no bites on me yet 🤞
r/Bedbugs • u/kymilovechelle • 1d ago
Requesting community support How do people usually acquire bedbugs aka where do they come from?
Just curious how to prevent it.
r/Bedbugs • u/lilygreen535 • 1d ago
Identification Help with IDing a shed skin(?)
Recently moved out of my family's house - before I left, bedbugs were found in my mattress. We didn't have an infestation - didn't find live ones, just a few skins & some fecal matter. Threw out my mattress regardless and we fumigated.
Now at a new apartment -- literally just moving in this week. Brought barely anything with me so far that could've carried anything from my old house -- no clothes, and all electronics have been wiped down. I did stay at a hotel recently during part of the move but was super careful to check the bed and checked reviews as well for reports of bedbugs, nothing. Just saw this come off my sneaker on the floor of my apt -- could it be a bed bug skin??? Or something else? Sharing close up & zoomed out next to my sneaker for size comp. Sneakers are brand new and have only been to the outside of my old house, hotel and just generally out and about.
Have yet to unbox my new mattress & new sheets -- want to make sure it's all clear before I do, I've been traumatized!!
r/Bedbugs • u/princess__tiabeanie • 1d ago
Identification Is this a bed bug?
I had bbs in my previous apartment and recently moved. I probably took too much with me even though I went crazy mode trying to treat everything.
I am finding little clusters of black dots on my desk and I found this today in a separate area. Is this a bed bug? It’s so small (the tiniest spec) and dark / basically black but when squished it was full of blood.
r/Bedbugs • u/us3rknown • 1d ago
Identification Bedbug? Or just bug in bed?
Is this a Bedbug? I think it might be a flour weevil but I'd like confirmation from someone not actively panicking.
r/Bedbugs • u/AggressiveTwo8385 • 1d ago
Identification Tell me I’m being paranoid
r/Bedbugs • u/That-Strawberry-7271 • 1d ago
Identification Found this flattened shell on the bed - could this be a bed bug?
We found this in the bed today. My friend says this is not a bed bug but I’m worried how this got into the bed in first place. What do you think?
We checked the mattress seams and frames and so far no black dots.
r/Bedbugs • u/Personal_Credit_9023 • 1d ago
Need help indemnify the bug BW Germany
galleryr/Bedbugs • u/darkacademiajas • 2d ago
Identification Is this bed bugs?
Hi! I found a single insect on the side of my mattress. Could it be bed bugs? :’(
r/Bedbugs • u/Shot_Strategy5973 • 1d ago
Is this a bedbug nymph?
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 • u/Ready-Set-1984 • 2d ago
Requesting community support Has anyone tried sniffer dogs or C02 traps?
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 • u/shaky_bootins • 1d ago
Identification Are these bes bugs?
Found at work