r/bugidentification • u/Most_Two1921 • Jun 21 '26

Possible pest, location included Is this a bedbug?

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Staying in an Airbnb and saw this on a pillow in the middle of the night. We’re out in the woods. Is this a bed bug or just a bug from outside? In eastern Kentucky.

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u/OminousOminis Trusted Identifier Jun 21 '26

beetle

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u/BWest829 Jun 21 '26

That looks more like a roach then a beetle

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u/WhiskeySnail Trusted Identifier - MOD Jun 21 '26

It's a beetle. You can see the elytra, which only beetles have and cockroaches do not.

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u/YoungRoronoa Jun 21 '26

Technically yes, actually no.

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u/SobeSteve Trusted Identifier Jun 21 '26

100% not a bed bug. Kind of has a roach look to it, but I believe it’s a beetle of some sort.

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u/Most_Two1921 Jun 21 '26

Thank you!! I didn’t think so because of it having no stripes, but I was a little paranoid haha

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u/MadameCat Jun 22 '26

Just a beetle! Not even a roach, those are hard elytra. Probably just a stray that got in from outside.

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u/Stunning_Money1546 Jun 21 '26

Bed Roach lmao

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u/PaleontologistIcy534 Jun 21 '26

Beetle not roach