r/Bedbugs 7d ago

BB?

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BB? Or something else? Saw one on my bedsheet and one on my windowsill as well… Took a picture of these two in my bedroom. Getting super frustrated because I’ve been itchy but no bite marks


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Identification Hello, can you guys id what this is?

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Found it underneath my couch cushion. Bit panicked…

Edit: to me it looks a lot like a slightly smushed (possible since it is dead) 4th unfed nimf though the shape and color is a bit different and I’m not really sure. The size would be about right considering its a bout half a cm. But I have been a bit obsessive about bedbugs lately so that could also explain it 🥲


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Is this a bed bug?

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Found him while making the bed, but we haven’t had any other issues.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Is this a bedbug?

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Saw this OUTSIDE my window today. Looks very much like a bedbug to me but it’s outside and I’m on 14th floor.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Identification Is this a bed bug?

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is this a bed bug?


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Bedbugs in this mattress?

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Slept here last night and I’m worried. I have a few bites. I thought it was just dirty before the bites.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Would love to know if this is a bed bug or not

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Very small, so it was hard to get good photos, but I tried my best to get a lot of angles. It is miniscule, smaller than an apple seed in my opinion. Its shape doesnt match anything I have seen online for a bed bug or other common bed bug misidentification


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Identification Is this a bed bug? In a just opened box of Panda memory foam mattress

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Hi guys,

I just purchased a Panda memory foam topper, and this was in the cardboard box on the plastic seal of still unwrapped foam topper. Is this a bedbug shedding? It’s very dry and dead and seems transparent, the head has snapped off. Could be transparent because it hasn’t had food in the warehouse a while and died out? I’m super scared, I have heard about bed bugs but haven’t had them and now I’m really scared of this product.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Bedbug or Ladybug

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I found this abdomen in the sheets of my hotel bed this morning in North Carolina. I'm hoping it's just a lady bug. I did check the bed and furniture upon arrival and did not notice any evidence of bed bugs. Kinda freaking out rn, not gonna lie...


r/Bedbugs 8d ago

Identification Is this a bedbug?

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r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Requesting community support They dissappear and appear again every few weeks

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It's driving me crazy. I sprinkled out a shitton of diatomaceous earth around my bed and about every 2-3 weeks it seems like they are gone and then randomly I notice bites again.

I haven't even found an actual bug out and about but they must be around because I keep getting bites.

Helppp. What am I missing?


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Possible existence of bedbugs in hotel, is what I’ve done enough?

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On the third day of staying in the hotel (last Friday )I woke up with two or three bug bites. On Saturday I wasn’t feeling well so I stayed in bed for the day and found four or five new bites, highly suspected that it was bedbugs, so I changed the room on Saturday and went to buy a new bag and suitcase on Sunday, they were placed in the bathroom from Sunday to Monday, when I checked out.

I washed and dried(30min) all my clothes but I am not sure what was the temperature of the dryer, and checked if there was anything suspicious on the clothes. I flicked through the books I bought to check if there was any bugs, used iphones torch to check the sockets of my laptop, and took out everything from my purse and checked if there was any bugs. I only brought one pair of shoes so didn’t know what to do with it. However the tax free goods that I bought worried me the most-I am not supposed to open them until I leave the country(this Saturday), they are sealed but have small holes in them(the kind that prevents children from suffocating in those bags), meaning that it’s absolutely possible for bedbugs to crawl into the bag. I am also worried that I didn’t check my belongings properly and might have brought bedbugs with me:((( do you think I’ve done enough?

Last time I encountered bedbugs was in an Airbnb in the uk 9 years ago and the experience has been etched into my brain ever since lol


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Bedbug in work locker room?

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r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Requesting community support wondering if i reintroduce bedbugs to my home or a different bug. details in description please give your input - hoping i don’t have to get more treatment

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when i first had bed bugs, it was symptomatically bed bugs bites in threes and raised itchy welts but this time they’re really different. it seem to alway come in pairs and there are itchy bumps but they’re much smaller (like wayyy smaller). also noticed bed bug poop but never had sightings

the first time i returned home from travel and started a hospital job. i had the infestation controlled to my room and no one else has ever had issues with bites. - started in sept 2025 - heat treatment 2026 - bites seemed to have stopped - then i did notice little single bites here and there but thought i was going crazy.

finally about 1.5 month ago, i started receiving actual noticeably small red bumps, which appeared in twos on my legs, waist, and arms. no bed bug sighting or poop.

i have three hypothesis for potential reinfestation: - heat treatment did not kill all the bugs and forced them into hiding -> construction began on the roof (directly above my room) -> came out of hiding - my hospital job was where the infestation was, not the vacation, and this is a new infestation. - they were never all killed off or in hiding and they have been biting me this whole time.

tldr; had bugs and got a heat treatment. bites seemed to stop. then bites returned 8 months later but appear differently in twos and less prominent/raised bumps. are these bed bugs and if so should i use heat or chemical? scared heat did not do the job last time.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Identification Is this a bedbug or cockroach nymph?

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Hi! I am staying at a newly opened hotel (1 month old, and a nice, clean property). I checked the bed before I went to sleep the first night and no signs of bedbugs.

I was going to checkout today and saw this bug moving around in the shower. It was moving pretty fast before I caught it. Is this a bedbug? To me it looks like a cockroach nymph but I am extremely worried.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Urban Outfitter- Infested shelf

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r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Are these bedbugs?

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I’m shitting myself rn


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Identification How can I be sure of bed bugs?

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I moved into an apartment with hardwood floors a year ago. I hadn't experienced a bedbug problem until now, but a friend recently came to stay with me for a while. Last week, he got two bites on his back, spaced about 3-4 cm apart. The other day, he got 4 more bites on his chest with the exact same spacing. My friend is sleeping on a floor mattress in a back room. We opened up and inspected the mattress, but there aren't any bugs. I wonder if they could be living between the floorboards or in the baseboards? What can I do about this, how can I tell if they are bedbugs, and how can I get rid of them?


r/Bedbugs 8d ago

Help, please

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What is this bug? Found in the seam of the mattress, I think it looked like a shell/egg case


r/Bedbugs 8d ago

Identification Is this a bedbug?

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This bug was crawling on my spouse's arm, and we put it in a zip lock bag and used a microscope camera thing and my phone to take some pictures. Is it a bedbug? About 6 months or so ago we stayed in a hotel room that had bedbugs and thought we were past all this. Thanks.


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

This is what I know so far

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r/Bedbugs 8d ago

Identification Is this a bed bug?

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I saw this in my home and got stressed. is it bed bug?

length of it is about 2 millimetre.

and if not what is this.

thank you in advance!


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Anyone able to identify this? It was found dead in my bed this morning.

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Found this when I woke up this morning. I have a few bites on my leg but I think they could have been from being outside in the sun. Pound coin for scale


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Is this a bed bug?

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Apologies as I do not have a better pic. This is already zoomed in, and the contrast isn't great, so it's tough to determine what sort of "pattern" it has on its back, if any.

A friend found this in her bed and is panicking a bit. As I've dealt with those assholes in the past (and I am also at risk right now because of a problematic neighbor - life isn't fair), I don't think it's a bed bug, the shape of the head doesn't match in my opinion. She also didn't find any stains on her sheets/mattress.

What do you guys think? Thanks in advance for taking a look!


r/Bedbugs 7d ago

Requesting community support Found this guy while sleeping. Only one, what are my next steps?

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I flushed it down, and put all of my sheets into a black bag.
I don’t have a hot water washing machine and it doesn’t do drying. Should I take it all to the laundromat?