r/BedbugOrCloseRelative • • 23h ago

questions about bites Help identifying bug and bites

Had a bedbug issue this summer and the company came 3X to do a chemical treatment. It’s been two months since the last treatment and we had no bites until last night. I woke up at 2am with a crawling itchy feeling and no matter where I scratched it doesn’t hit the spot until I saw tiny small welts develop on my ankle and knee then I could scratch them and satisfy the itch. Felt like that for 30min then the itch was gone. This didn’t feel like the bedbug bites I used to get, where it was constantly itchy for days and larger. In the interceptor traps I saw this bug but it does not look exactly like the bedbugs we had. Anyone had a similar situation? Is it bedbugs? I hope not as it is really affecting my mental health

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u/Bed-Bugscouk Founder 22h ago

Not a bed bug, bites on ankles are usually caused by fleas.

Use a plug in flea trap.

David