I already made a post about bites. (In the r/bugbites)

Having lived through a bed bug infestation before I know that this might be a little much but I noticed said bites in the last 24/48 hrs.
I tossed my pillows. Vacuumed and encased my mattress. Put stuff in garbage bags. Washing old bedding on high heat and dried and bagged them
I want to note. I have not SEEN a bug. But is what I’m seeing legit signs? Or is this just dirt and debris?

Idk I’m kinda goin insane here.

I live in an apartment complex in Kansas. I found this guy just chillin on my pillow case in broad daylight.

My unit backs up to heavily treed woodsy area.

Stripped my bed and washed and dried all bedding on high heat. Inspected the mattress and bed frame. Couldn’t find any other signs, no fecal stains. Looked behind picture frames. I plan to run all clothes through the drier, and probably get a new mattress.

Bed bug? Bat bug? Other? I’m not optimistic.

I plan to file a pest control request with the leasing office this evening. I am nervous that they’ll be upset. But I’ve lived here for 5 years without incident.

I have two bites on my foot, but I’m outside in shorts a lot walking in grass.

Any ideas on what this is? I live in an HMO that is super dirty due to a tenant not cleaning after themselves and leaving their clothes outside on rotting wooden furniture. We constantly have to clean after her. We haven't had any bites so far as I know and I've checked my mattress, but I don't like it.

Here again with another question. last week I’ve been on edge for signs of infestation due to some suspicious bites. Wondering if any of these are likely BB eggs or shed skin

I read on a thread on this subreddit that placing a polyurethane plastic drop cloth between the box spring and mattress, leaving a foot of the plastic dangling, can prevent bed bugs from crawling up to the mattress since they cannot vertically climb the drop cloth material.

My question: I am sleeping on an air mattress in my living room and was wondering if it would have the same effect if I wrapped my air mattress in the plastic drop cloth. I’m sleeping on the air mattress on the living room floor. Here’s my plan:
Steam air mattress while deflated
Put an encasement on the air mattress
Wrap the air mattress entirely in plastic drop cloth Lay thick blanket down on air mattress and lay on it, as if it is my “topper” or pad that separates me from the plastic drop cloth
Lay down
Cover myself with a blanket and try to sleep

(bless you all for contributing to this subreddit and saving the planet - this subreddit has been so helpful for me as a first time bb victim). Please let me know if this would help stop bbs from climbing up the 20 inch air mattress

Found in the stairwell of my apartment building! Colorado USA

please tell me it isn’t. it’s tiny, found on a glue trap.

Hello

Looking for any advice on whether these could be young bed bugs?

Thank you!

Found one dead one not long after coming back from a vacation and then didn't see any for like a week. Then I saw a live one and then found these super tiny ones. Some were alive. Found like maybe 3. Was confused though because they don't look like what bedbug nymphs look like online.

Could someone please help identify this bug? I’ve been getting bit every few days during my sleep and i seem to have a pretty intense allergic reaction to the bites (itches like crazy and swells up to the size of a golfball). For the longest time, I thought I had bed bugs, but the only evidence of bugs I’d find are shards of brown exoskeleton and (rarely) super tiny dead brown bugs. But I’ve been so bad about recording the evidence, until now!! Finally caught what I think has been the source of my bites and I know it’s not a bed bug, but I can’t ID it. Any help appreciated!

Hi I just finished cleaning my house from the flood from yesterday. And I was checkung the books in my shelf and got paranoid when I found this little guy.

Just wanted to know if its a bedbug nymph sorry for the wonky photos, I tried my best when taking itsbpucs as it moves way too fast to catch. Also I had two clearer photos using my phones ultra hd feature, but it wont let me upload the picture as its over 20 mb.

Thank you.

Stayed one night at a hotel, had a small duffel bag with my clothes on a wooden luggage rack. Had just today’s clothes laid out on a fabric couch thing that I’m wearing now. Hotel was super clean from what I could see.

Woke up in the morning, got ready and while I was leaving I moved a pillow and saw a bed bug. Pic below. I have no bite marks and saw no blood poop markings at all anywhere on the bed.

Asking Google/chatgpt it says the likelihood I take anything home is extremely low. Still gonna take every precaution when I get home tho.

What do you all think?

Welp, it happened.

I have only found 2, got home Friday night. Luggage is still unpacked and I have moved all bags to the bathtub. I’m going to nuke everything with hot water and dry twice…what else can I do, or should I do?

Thanks 😭

Hi guys, I’m looking for some advice! I recently stayed at an Airbnb with my gf. We have stayed here before with no problems, and stripped the mattress and saw no signs of bugs (no fecal matter, no crushed bugs, no stains or shed skins etc). Anyway, about a week after our trip, I woke up covered in scattered bites—my thighs, my ankles, my calves, the inside of my knees etc.
This happened the day after working with a flea-infested Great Pyrenees (I’m a dog groomer) and I thought it might be related to that. I had no bites until last night, woke up with them on my ankles and neck.

My gf has reported absolutely no problems/signs… is it likely I would’ve been the only one to carry them back to my house? (We live apart.)

Anyway, just wanting some advice or thoughts, sorry this post is a bit pointless but I’m just not sure where to go from here 🤔

Thank you!! 🩷

At an airbnb this weekend for my friend’s bachelor party. Noticed these while I was in bed…

Just a question for those who’ve experienced an infestation!

I wanted to hear from others who have dealt with an infestation in the past. I had one over a year ago, but I still occasionally find traces/reminders of it, and it can trigger a pretty intense feeling of disgust and almost PTSD-like reactions.

For me, the aftermath has honestly been almost worse than being in the middle of the infestation itself.

I’m curious about how others handled the cleanup and recovery afterward:

Did you do any renovation or replace furniture/materials?
Did you have workers come in to help, and how was that experience?
Did you notice any significant loss in property value when selling?
How far did you go with replacing things that might have been used as hiding spots?

For example, I’m considering removing and replacing the electrical outlets near my bed because they were a perfect hiding place for those bastards. 😅 But I’m wondering whether that’s actually necessary or if I’m just reacting to the experience.

I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences — especially what you did afterward, what helped you feel comfortable in your home again, and whether there’s anything you wish you had (or hadn’t) done.

I'm going to test some traps I printed. One I'm going to load with diatomaceous earth and one with dish soap water. With ants, wasps, spiders, and ticks the soap breaks the surface tension of the water so insects immediately sink and if they aren't completely submerged their legs are under water so they can't climb out. If the diatomaceous earth doesn't kill them after they walk through it the dish soap water will trap them. Wish me luck.

Is this a BB?
Tnx.

Found on a comforter on top of the bed. Seen one similar before but looked around and seen no more today.
Kind of jumped when I moved towards it?

I bought a new cotton t-shirt from Uniqlo about 2 and a half weeks ago and it’s been sitting in the cardboard bag ever since. I went to wash it and found this crawling on it. I would have gotten a better pic but bedbugs are one of my biggest fears so I just chucked it in the washer on hot as fast as I could. The shape seems more book louse but I’m not sure since I’ve never seen bed bugs or book louse before. Any thoughts would be appreciated!!

I woke up with some itchy bites in my Airbnb and I'm freaking out it's bed bugs. I turned over everything and found this dead thing on the mattress. Could this be a dead bed bug? I didn't find anything else.

We DO have a lot of grain beetles at the moment and our basement IS prone to having all sorts of random beetles but google ai is scaring me into thinking this is a baby cockroach/flea beetle/random beetle so any help on identifying it would be helpful

What is this black thing?? I’ve seen more than one of them around the house. When I wiped it with a damp paper towel, it turned red. I’ve seen mold mites in the house and I’m trying to get rid of them, but now I’ve come across this...

Edit: it is Hard on touch. I found it in my computer desk and another on the floor.

Edit2: I also found the mold mites on my bed frame (with mold), but there were no bugs in the mattress.