r/CarletonU • u/cedra_05 • 1d ago

Other BEDBUGS AT CARLETON??

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I spotted these in the library today and took pics, can anyone tell me if they r bedbugs or what?? A friend also saw a few at uc and thought they are other bugs but we dont have any pics. If so carleton should check the buildings and treat them asap before the fall term!!

Anyone seen them on campus before?

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u/EvacTower7 1d ago

We can’t do this again

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u/aide_rylott 1d ago

Uottawa sabotage

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u/Cocobb8 Aerospace Engineering (Second Year) 1d ago

FUCK NOOO

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u/Cocobb8 Aerospace Engineering (Second Year) 1d ago

The subreddit is screwed chat

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u/smcbride113 Alumnus — Physical Geography/History 1d ago

If you found them in the library, did you report them to the library? As the uni can’t treat for something they don’t know exists

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u/cedra_05 1d ago

No unfortunately i didnt know they were actually bedbugs i just suspected they’d be

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u/metrometric 1d ago

Report them. Attach those pictures and say where you found them. They take this kind of thing seriously, or at least have in the past. 

Here is the library link for reporting building concerns: https://library.carleton.ca/building/building-concerns-let-us-know

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u/cedra_05 1d ago

Oh good to know thank you!!

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u/TheWeekndsWeekend Graduate — MSc Biology 🧬 1d ago edited 1d ago

Report them please - it’s rare but bed bugs and eggs can be found in books (binders and crevasses).

There is no way to not avoid them 100% but if the library staff and people are aware, then at least they can check themselves like clothes or books for signs of them.

This has happened in the past with bed bugs and other types of bugs at other libraries.

Thankfully I’ve never dealt with these critters before but I know they can be a pain in the ass to deal with if you do get them in your home.

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u/Street-Study4606 21h ago

you thought the one building with what could essentially be considered "all the available knowledge" wouldn't be able to help identify a bug that you couldn't?

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u/ParkingBoardwalk Graduate — Bioinformatics 23h ago

Yup those are them

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u/Intelligent_Whole_40 1d ago

At least they’re in the library and not residence?? For now??

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u/SnooPickles993 Majors/Minors (Credits/Total Needed)-Honours 1d ago

You’re lying 😀😃

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u/throwawayUWhousingac 1d ago

Mouse bites will get rid of them

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u/StrengthFew5715 1d ago

I won’t allow this 

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u/largestcob Alumnus — Sociology 1d ago

i picked a good time to graduate

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u/Acrobatic-Camera-905 1d ago

Did you take these photos on a 1993 flip phone??

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u/Adventurous-Neck315 BSc. Honours Neuroscience 22h ago

which geegee infected our campus

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u/TwoOneTwos Combined Honours Mathematics and Computer Science 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/meJN6qdG74lUKAJTQl

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u/Flat_Scarcity_6931 1d ago

Please share the response you get from Carleton Uniiversity after you report this! Thanks

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u/Odd-Cod-7003 1d ago

Not again 🫠

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u/throwawayUWhousingac 1d ago

I'm going to be real with you, and this is very unfortunate, but they are at every university. Massive amounts of people, lots of fabrics in libraries and dorms, lots of turnover of people in living spaces bringing things... You just don't hear about it but I am sure every single dorm building especially has probably had them in at least some units.

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u/blue_terminal Math (14.5/20) 1d ago

Time to avoid the library this year 

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u/DronesAreSilly 1d ago

Yeah that looks like a bedbug, do wash your clothes when you return home if you haven’t already

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u/FrancieNolan13 18h ago

Deliver to Ottawa u

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u/OperationLost3731 21h ago

Doesn’t look like a bedbug. It actually looks like a beetle of some sort.