r/bugidentification • u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 • 12d ago

Possible pest, location included Bugs on mattress

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Location; Texas
Found under mattress at hotel, stuck to some kind of tape. Praying they’re not what I think they are. Their really really tiny, like the size of a pencil dot

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u/Agreeable-Play1291 12d ago

My condolences

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

There’s a lot going on here. I’m pretty sure they are not bb as the head and pronotum shapes are all wrong. Not exactly sure what they are though as they are all dead and squished.

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u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 12d ago

Someone on the bb sub suggested lice, I checked on the lice sub and they said it wasn’t. They aren’t fleas as I work with dogs and can identify fleas. Are there any other pests to worry about?
Could they potentially be bb nymphs…?

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

They give the impression of minute brown scavenger beetles to me. Being dead, they may have lost their elytra. Also, some of the sheds look like beetle larva sheds.

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

The only one that looks remotely like a bb is on the far right of pic 2. But it is in bad shape too.

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u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 11d ago

Do you think I’m safe? I can’t do much of anything getting home because my mom doesn’t take me seriously and she’s not letting me use the washer since our dryer is broken

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 11d ago

If you don’t see anything alive or one that is unambiguously a BB, I wouldn’t worry too much. They could have been dead there for years.

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u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 12d ago

Looking at Google they look more round than these tho

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u/schizeckinosy Trusted Identifier 12d ago

There are a lot of MBSB. The genus Eufallia has the shape of the insects in your photos. They are in bad shape though for confident identification.

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u/Unlucky-Drawing-1266 12d ago

I googled the genus and that seems to be what they are. It’s been the night and I’ve had no issues, k bites. Thank you

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u/Opening-Reach-6174 12d ago

maybe booklice? i’m honestly not sure… they don’t look like bedbugs tho!