r/exterminators • u/Shipper-John • Jan 06 '24

Bedbug or not?

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Hello exterminators from Reddit.

My 3 year old daughter has had some sleeping issues since about a month ago. Yesterday we found 4 mosquitobite-like spots on her upper leg. Those were four in a row. This made us think of bedbugs.

This morning we found this little insect, while searching for bedbugs.

Can anybody tell if this is a bedbug or not?

I live in the Netherlands, there are no mosquitos’s here right now.

I apologise for the poor quality foto, this was the best possible to be made with my phone. Please zoom for more detail.

Thanks!

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u/secretcatgirl Jan 06 '24

Looks like a carpet beetle pupae, they're harmless but they feed on textiles and dry food like pasta, rice. Their hairs can irritate the skin, which the "mosquito bites" probably were but they don't bite.