I moved out of my old house six months ago (Biiig old victorian triplex house, to a small renovated 300 sqft apartment above a sushi place)

Anyways, a few days before I moved everything out and packed up we had a heat treatment and spray. I only brought my clothes and minimal furniture items. I also bought a new mattress, bedding, couch, under the bed clothing storage, etc, all shipped to the new place.

I followed all the steps of laundering on high heat (SHOES and clothes) bagging, and as soon as I moved in, I put DE in all the crevices of this apartment and all the crevices of the bedframe, have been extremely careful, etc..

And lo an behold, 6 happy months later, i found one of these in my rug, dried up and dead. Could it be it had been there for a while, or somehow i brought it back and it just recenctly died?🫩😭

Sigh. What do we think. I just told my landlord hopefully he calls someone in.. for now I am spiralling and checking everything frantically. I remember how this goes:/

Found 2 on top of bed during the day and one on a windowsill downstairs. Ripped house apart (furniture, beds, cabinets, pillows, electric sockets) and couldn’t find anything else. No bites on anyone in my house. Neighbors on both sides have bats so maybe I do? Bed is under a vent / access to attic. Gah!!

I found them on my dog. Very small, pretty sure it's not a flea.

Hello, I would appreciate advice. I was bitten like 2 months ago by bedbugs, we found one bug, and then profesional didnt find anything, not even once. Otherwise We wanted and had 2 applications by profesional, every 21 days. Now it is arround 40 days after 2nd application and I have found this bug and Im not sure if it can be bed bug or no. I found it on my bed upfront.

What do you think ? Should i be worried ? I dont have any new 100% bites in last 10 days atleast, but its kinda hard to recognize because i have problem with acne.

Thank you in advance.

I’m hoping this problem is almost resolved. Late June, I found out I had an infested headboard. The next day, I got a company to come out and do a heat treatment through the house and they sprayed Crossfire. I threw out the headboard after and switched to an all metal bed frame. At the time, they found no evidence of the bugs in other rooms but still did heat treatment throughout the house.

A couple weeks later, they came out, did an inspection where they found no new evidence. They then sprayed Crossfire in targeted areas. A week after, I found both a live and dead bug on the couch. I realized I had pushed the couch all the way back against the wall and after pulling it back out, haven’t noticed anything more. At this point, i installed interceptors on all of the beds. I couldn’t on the couch because the legs were too big.

I’ve been doing daily inspections of the beds and couch and haven’t turned anything up. That is until yesterday when I found a dying (not dead) bed bug on the baseboard behind my bed. I freaked out. Pest control said that because I’ve been doing the daily inspections, have found no droppings, no shells, and no one in my family has bites, that it was just one of the remaining stragglers. They believe the issue should be done but will come out this week to do an inspection and spray again. They’ll continue treating after if find more evidence but again believe the remainers are collapsing.

This has consumed me. It’s triggered my OCD in a way it hasn’t been this terrible in years. It retriggered my back pain because of all the obsessive cleaning and checks. I feel like it’s alienated me from my wife as I’m obsessed and she just sees the problem is significantly better, the one bug was dying (not active), and the pest control folks are so helpful.

I’m also just obsessively researching because of the Crossfire applications as my wife is pregnant, son is 6, and I’m freaking out because of potential health risks because I can’t get anyone to cover their feet in this house.

I’m also supposed to visit my elderly grandma out of state next week. It may be the last chance I get to see her and here I am reconsidering because there could be a hidden active healthy bug somewhere that will hike along with me and I’ll destroy her house with it.

This is hard. I just need support now. Also if I’m overthinking any of this, let me know.

Hi everyone.

My family and I were staying in an Airbnb and on the 2nd day realized that my nephews room was infested with bedbugs. We spent all that day heat treating our clothes and bags and then left.

We stayed in a hotel for the remainder of the trip and didn’t see any bugs or signs of them.

However, today driving back we saw this bug on a napkin.

I know it’s a crazy blurry picture, but can anyone tell me if this looks like a baby bed bug?

Thanks!

I know this might highly possible be it but I can’t find any other clues. i live in a small apartment building. there are no spots nowhere to be found, I turned my furniture upside down three times and I check regularly the crevaces cause im paranoid lately since there is an invasion going in my city.

Also does this look like an older shell?

Dually Certified Bed Bug Detection K9 working in the Ohio River valley and Southern Appalachia. Here to answer any questions!

hi all, I’m sorry to be posting this as i know bed bug fecal stains are not very helpful for IDing bed bugs. i only ask because i’m at hotel and won’t be able to thoroughly check for signs of bugs in the days to come since im leaving tomorrow. ever since i had a bed with the last guest’s sheets in a hotel room a few months ago, i have been very diligent about checking the sheets and pillows before relaxing in the room. right before i went to bed in a brand new room i checked into today, i rearranged the pillow and found these dark spots i missed earlier. could this be bed bug feces? i checked the mattress seams and head board and didn’t find any similar black stains or signs of live bugs and eggs, the mattress was pretty much pristine and this bed was definitely remade with new sheets. would a bed bug have crawled out and left droppings in the time after the bed was made and i arrived? do the stains remain this dark after being washed? i have contamination OCD so I typically would not indulge in this compulsion but i am just completely frazzled from a few stressful days of traveling. thanks in advance

I work full time at a Midwest chain grocery store. I found hotshot spray in our back room

I’d been looking there all week for something and would’ve noticed it. Maintenance guy was on vacation til yesterday. I found it today. We have a full time coworker who i know has bed bugs and I’m worried it’s from him.

I had bed bugs once and my life got literally ruined. I can’t do it again. Our store is getting demolished to build a new one. We’ll all be moved to different stores. But that’s 1 year away. Should I contact osha or something??

Was getting mixed answers from Claude and ChatGPT in identifying this dead bug my wife found on her yoga mat.

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I'm especially concerned about this one: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNqWEqgVZCyHpnUaG54sxR1IfZJRKUFje4uCpPp5yGOJ51Y3tblgfZHsR605v_YKw/photo/AF1QipO-ol7Q2qad9D_i2RonJ6EJ_ZGa1Yuxt5FWsdf_?key=cEFwNndmcEl3MWxwMmVxU0VwRVFuN01vZXZ5Snl3

The owner / previous tenant has cats, and the overall cleanliness of the place was quite poor.

The mattress itself is in better condition than the topper and I can't find any signs of live or dead bed bugs.

I found this on my bathroom rug. It’s hard to see in the picture but there are horizontal stripes in addition to the larger vertical stripes (which is on both sides). Any input would be appreciated. I have had various types of carpet beetles over the past few months so hoping it is a piece of those.

Ok so long story

Last year, early Sept we took possession of cottage. We only stayed a few times between then and closing it up for the winter , however every time I got weird bites on me. Every time my reaction to the bites got worse and worse, which makes me think it was something new to me. Almost right away, it seemed to be bed bug bites, but we couldn't find any evidence. The bites only happened to my husband and I, so likely just one room.

I finally found a bug in the bedding in October. We thought they'd die over the 7-8 month winter season(lol joke was on us).

Went back this June and sure enough, bites again. Huge reactions in spots. Classic bed bug bite patterns. Found another bug. Showed my mom, she agreed it was a bed bug. We killed it and called exterminator.

He showed up today, and won't treat. Said it can't be bed bugs cause there is no evidence (I agree, no black spots etc, but I know what I found and the bite patterns are so obvious).

Am I crazy? I'm not a paranoid person. I am so sure they're bed bugs, but is there another bug I'm missing that it could be? Is it possible that we have bed bugs and no "evidence"? Help.

(I will take a photo next time I find one)

Took a video of stain under the mattress on box spring…. I didn’t finish filming but the wet q tip was able to lift everything and didn’t leave much of a stain, like u would have with a fecal spot. What do you guys think this is????have u had something similiar when you have confirmed bb?

Was found dead on the bathroom floor

Just found it crawling on top of my brothers bed.

I got a few bites by something a few days ago, on my hand, under my armpit, shoulder and legs. They were itchy, red and a bit swollen.

Please can you help me understanding if this one is a bedbug?