r/Bedbugs Mar 06 '15

Useful Information Bedbug ID and common misidentifications

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Bed bug identification resources:

Note: flattened body, rusty brown coloured (less so in younger nymphs, which are more translucent). Thin 4 segmented antennae. 11 segmented abdomen. Short legs (6 of them) and reduced wings incapable of flight.


These are insects or other invertebrates commonly misidentified as bedbugs!

Not bed bugs.

  1. Carpet beetle larvae (Dermestidae) and adult - More Info

  2. Bat bug (Cimex adjunctus pictured) - More Info

  3. Cockroach nymphs - More Info

  4. Tick (nymphs) - More Info

  5. Woodlouse - More Info

  6. Kissing bugs - More Info

  7. Booklice/barklice - More Info

  8. Smooth spider beetle - More Info

  9. Drugstore beetle - More Info

Note: If it has wings or more than 6 legs, it is not a bed bug. Do not mistake antennae for legs, look at the illustrated guide to avoid confusion.


Please comment with any other common mis-IDs and I will add them!


r/Bedbugs 9h ago

College dorm

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My college leases an apartment and the mattress they have I checked and it was fine. When I went to lay down I noticed bugs crawling on the walls 2 were bigger and brown and the tiny ones were yellowish. I took photos of the tiny ones and they look bigger on photo then in person. I live 2 hrs away and my mom is going to pick me up rn. I’m still wearing the clothes I had on in the bed. I’m also bringing my phone, chargers, laptop, medicine, AirPods, and wallet. How do I make sure not to bring them home or in her car? I don’t have a change of clothes because they are all in the apartment with the bugs. Also can anyone confirm if they are bed bugs and what to do with my stuff at the apartment. I literally brought everything I own there. (Also when I checked the mattress again I still didn’t see any besides the ones on the walls and the one I had on my pillow.)


r/Bedbugs 2h ago

Found in a bedbug trap, is it a bedbug?

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r/Bedbugs 5h ago

Identification Seen more then a few in my room

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Am I good or cooked?


r/Bedbugs 7h ago

Identification Found dried bug, what do you think?

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Not sure if this is a spider or a bedbug. Found 2 of these dried after folding laundry after an international trip. Could be a spider as clothes were stored on a wood staircase for a few hours.


r/Bedbugs 5h ago

help! Is this??

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Found on bed


r/Bedbugs 6h ago

lowkey freaking out

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r/Bedbugs 2h ago

Identification I think they're bedbugs. All in agreement?

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I live in an apartment in a bit of a grody side of town. The maintenance is pretty good, though. Am I correct in assuming these are bedbugs? If so, what do y'all advise my next move should be?


r/Bedbugs 8h ago

Finding two bed bugs a year apart..

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Last year while sitting in my car after work I felt something crawling on my neck, it was a bed bug.. of course it freaked me out. We searched our home for weeks, taking precautions and never found ANYTHING else..

Last week I noticed a couple of bites on my arm (like mosquito bites) this morning I wake up to 3 on the back of my neck and start worrying.. I’m over at someone’s house and look down and see one crawling on my shoe.

I’m not sure what to do.. it’s been so random and we can never find anything in our home.


r/Bedbugs 3h ago

What is this?

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r/Bedbugs 3h ago

Please someone tell me this isnt a bed bug.

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I'm freaking out. I went through an infestation 4 years ago and im still traumatized. If it is what can I do? I thre all my shit away the last time and lost about 3k+ for of things. And spent 2k for an exterminator. I cant do it again.


r/Bedbugs 4h ago

are these bed bugs

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sorry in advance for the unclear photos, i tried my best

i moved into my sisters apartment a week ago, ive spotted three bugs in my bed so far

i looked at the mattress seams and it seems all clear + bought cimexa and a mattress encasement


r/Bedbugs 4h ago

Swarm out of nowhere

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r/Bedbugs 13h ago

Is fumigation really that ineffective nowadays?

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heat treatment this, heat treatment that. I can’t afford heat treatment in my area no matter how much it sounds more effective, £1350 for reference. fumigation is looking like £325 with free follow up visits within a four month window. I’m pretty sure I caught on to the bugs early, think I brought them home with me last weekend after a vacation so they havent really had the time to take hold. I get that fumigation won’t kill the eggs, but isn’t that the point of the follow up visits? to get the newly hatched ones before they mature??? JG Pest Control in the UK is who I’m looking at.


r/Bedbugs 4h ago

Identification Am I cooked?

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Found this bug lurking around my bedroom at 3am this morning


r/Bedbugs 8h ago

Requesting community support Bed bug in Iceberg lettuce?

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Hi Everyone just have a question im hoping anyone could help me out with. Im pretty experienced with being able to id bedbugs in other peoples cases when i see one in a photo or even in person but this one seemed to be really tiny and I feel as though when im looking at it for myself i have difficulty being unbiased.
You know what they say when looking at something you always think you see exactly what you do not want it to be? Anyway i bought a thing of iceberg lettuce and noticed a tiny bug in it so i looked at it under a magnifying glass and studied it and I swear looked just like a bed bug and then I went to put it in a ziplock baggie to better study it later and long and behold it in slo mo went flying across my bathroom with a simple accidental flick of my stupid finger!! I spent about 45 minutes on bend and knee with my readers on and a magnifying glass and now can not find that wretched little monster anywhere!! So finally my question is what are the chances of a bed bug nymph being in a thing of iceberg lettuce?


r/Bedbugs 4h ago

Identification Is this a bed bug or a bat bug?

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I found this on my bed. Please help.


r/Bedbugs 8h ago

Made it home and found this, is it?

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Sorry it’s upside down, it was almost impossible to flip


r/Bedbugs 8h ago

Bedbugs?

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Potentially carpet beetle larvae but not sure. Thoughts?


r/Bedbugs 5h ago

Useful Information 5 weeks later

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After 5 Exterminator follow-up sprays , this is all I find . Eggs, a momma a tiny baby bed bug a spider and whatever else you see oh and a cracker


r/Bedbugs 1d ago

Identification Do we have bedbugs?

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This morning I (18M) and my boyfriend (36M) woke up finding bites on our bodies. (We sleep with no clothes so the bites were everywhere). We found these dead bugs(?) and spots all over the bed. My boyfriend suggests that we go sleep at his husbands house and have the place cleaned out. I'm still not too sure if these are bed bugs or not. Are we cooked?


r/Bedbugs 5h ago

Cousin came over and her dorm has bedbugs.

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How screwed am I?

My mom had a family get together at her house today. I went and so did many of my cousins.

One cousin who just moved into her college dorm 2 weeks ago has bedbugs.

She was trying to hide it from everyone but when I walked her to her car I saw her clothes in trash bags. I asked “what’s that about?” She said it’s nothing.

There was a strong smell coming from her car too. She said it’s vinegar. I made a face and her boyfriend said it’s to get rid of the bedbugs. She got upset and said he wasn’t supposed to say. I sighed and visually looked upset and she said “No don’t worry don’t worry I’m working on getting rid of it. It’s ok you’re good”

I go back inside my mom’s and look around everywhere she sat…..I feel so paranoid. When I get home I’m gonna throw all my clothes into the dryer before I go in my house but what about my elderly parents? How likely did she bring one on her and now being on my parent’s couches?

My boyfriend said not to worry “it’s not like she had some on her that’s gonna stay here” I’m like…..isn’t that how it actually works? Am I supposed to vacuum all their couches? It’s a big house. Multiple long couches. Plus her boyfriend has been to her dorm and she stays at her parents who were also at the party.

Idk


r/Bedbugs 5h ago

What is this?

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r/Bedbugs 11h ago

Does this look like a bed bug?

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It’s extremely tiny. It’s the second one I found but crawling on my phone. I do sleep with my phone under my pillow and I have been getting random bites here and there.


r/Bedbugs 12h ago

Is this??

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Just to make sure, its black and shaped like seed, but i ve been in contact with an infestation (i have taken all the measures)

Thank you!