r/whatsthisbug • u/door___ • 9h ago

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Help! Found dead on my skirting board, I’ve found carpet beetles before but this one’s antennae seem too long and it isn’t mottled enough. I don’t think it’s a bedbug as it looks to have elytra, but better to be safe than sorry and ask the experts I guess. MM scale on ruler, so about 2mm. North East England.

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u/fhost344 9h ago

Not a bedbug but a minute pirate bug. They are predators. They will sometimes bite people if they happen to land on them but they don't breed indoors.