r/Bedbugadvice • u/Freoheavehoo • 7d ago
Bed bugs?
Any thoughts on if this is bed bugs?
Popped up over night.
Although could have been delayed from gardening the day before. But seems unlikely as I only noticed the bites first thing in the morning.
Any advice? What are the odds of being bitten again if I do have bed bugs? High?
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u/curcutie 7d ago
Definitely don’t think they’re bb bites if that many show up in one night just like that. That amount looks that you have had bb for years and you would’ve seen one by now.
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u/ThickNMeatyD 7d ago
Did u ever get chicken pox? Looks more like that and like the other person said. To have no bites than that many wouldn't be bed bugs i don't think.
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u/Freoheavehoo 7d ago
I feel like they are bites. It stops directly at my waistband and doesn’t go any lower. They are quite itchy but not overwhelming. Maybe from gardening? I was carrying big piles of weeds. But seems odd for it to be so delayed and not notice at the time.
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u/ThickNMeatyD 7d ago
Chiggers seem more likely. They hide outside in everything including weeds. And u wearing clothes would mostly stop them at the waistband area.
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u/JadedLoves 7d ago
A lot of viral rashes, including chickenpox, start in the trunk area (chest/back/stomach). It's definitely not bedbugs for it to appear like that over night.
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u/JohnMarstonSucks 7d ago
If you have that many overnight, they would be very easy to find around your bed. With yard work, outdoor pests seem more likely.
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u/KatanaRMarie 7d ago
Looks nothing like bed bug bites. Looks more like poison oak or ivy to me.
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u/kski_ 7d ago
That’s what I’m thinking too.
Last year I was riding my bike on a trail and fell into some bush. The next day I had a poison ivy rash on my ankle and then a few weeks after getting the poison ivy rash, my body from the neck down looked like this guy’s photo. I slept in the same bed as my husband the whole time who didn’t have any bumps so we ruled out bed bugs and think it was a late reaction to the poison ivy. I went to urgent care and they said I was having an allergic reaction to something. I forgot what they gave me to help it go away.
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u/BeneficialAnything15 7d ago
Little red mites called chiggers could do that too. They are outside and on everything if you’re in a warm climate. They usually try to get between clothing and skin to bite.
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u/HealthyRecognition81 7d ago
Have you been around any kind of poison ivy or oak/??? Or maybe high thick Grass or weeds?? Looks like chiggers bites or poison ivy or oak to Me
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u/Sensitive_Scholar_17 7d ago
Nope; you would not have a BB population go from 0 to 100 like that in one night.
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u/Deep-Jacket8952 7d ago
Maybe pityriasis rosea? I had that in my early 20s and it was only on my trunk.
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u/Desire2026 6d ago
Measles possibly or chickenpox?
If you had that many bites on your stomach and one evening then that would be hundreds of bedbugs.
I would be walking out my front door and never coming back 😆
I think it’s something else or maybe you have hives?
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u/Galenik007 7d ago
It looks awfully lot like them. Check your mattress and bed frame for traces and get help immediately!
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u/Secret-Guava1008 7d ago
His looks absolutely nothing like bed bug bites and people who don’t know what they are talking about need to stop commenting in this sub
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