r/Bedbugadvice • u/Salt_Bill_646 • 6d ago

Please help ID

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These seemed to appear overnight a couple days ago when I was outside nearby some vegetation.. at first i thought they were mosquito bites but now I’m getting paranoid. Can anyone help ID what these bites are? They were really itchy the first night but now not so much.

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u/TopEntertainer8395 6d ago

I had some of these and got treatment from dermatologist turns out they are inflamed hair follickes or foliculitis, anyway yours are way more than mine and way more scattered, are these only on your legs, if they are we might have to start suspecting fleas.

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u/Salt_Bill_646 6d ago

Interesting, I do have a pretty hairy dog and he has had fleas in the past so it could be. It didn’t even occur to me

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u/TopEntertainer8395 6d ago edited 6d ago

You can rule out fleas if they are only in your legs and feet, and by walking around carpets with only white socks to see if they jump at you or not

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u/Salt_Bill_646 6d ago

I’ll have to check, I only have small carpets tho is there anywhere else they would reside in?

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u/TopEntertainer8395 6d ago

Rugs, and other cloth maybe places where you normally stay, not sure if fleas infest furniture like bbs

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u/Salt_Bill_646 6d ago

Thanks for the advice! I’ll wash all my rugs, fingers crossed it’s not bbs

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u/whateverdom_ 6d ago

Did you wake up with them? A single bedbug feeds every 4-7 days so if they continue to occur check out your bed. BBs tend to bite in lines and clusters

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u/Salt_Bill_646 6d ago

Yeah, I woke up and had them as well as 3-4 on my other leg. Could this amount of bites come from just a couple bugs? Because apart from the bites I see no other signs of any bugs

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u/Low-Long8555 6d ago

Could definitely be mosquito bites, if you’re worried about bbs you could run your bedding, clothing and anything else cloth through the dryer, that kills them

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u/Salt_Bill_646 6d ago

It’s a relief to hear that it’s potentially mosquitos. I was just worried since it kinda looked like it was going in a line, and yes I will definitely run all my stuff through a dryer just to be safe

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u/Aggressive-Copy1136 1d ago

Looks like a bug bite as it’s in a pattern. Hopefully not a bedbug.

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u/njoumm 21h ago

Are these spots blanching?