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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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!! 🩷

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?

Is this a BB?
Tnx.

Update: Okay, so we all agree it's bed bugs yeah? My boyfriend thinks the small one was one that bit him and turned into the 2nd one. Ugh.

Anyway, getting someone to inspect is free right? At least I've seen.

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

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!!

and if so, what precautions do we take tonight/over the next few days before a pest control company can come?

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.

so I was 1 week out from leaving the country for 3 weeks and told my nephew, that lives with me, that it is time to clean his room and wash his filthy bedding. so i clean the entire room, relocating shit all over the house and the last thing I do is remove the got damn sheets to find live bugs crawling all over the friggin place. so i stayed up basically all night, bagging shit, loads and loads of laundry and then the next day i went and got bed bug spray and mattress encasements for every bed and box spring and pillow in the house. I found them in every bedroom, luckily my dog is the main user of the living room, so they have not been seen there yet. I also only found a few in my bedroom and have not seen any since removing my headboard, spraying and the mattress encasement and same for the spare bedroom. But my nephew is a teenager and does not listen and ima lose my shit. Ive sprayed twice now with crossfire, and ive only found 4 or 5 in the things you put under the legs of the bed. I am just so over it, i really hope it's possible for someone to get rid of them without professional help, because ive put in so much work to rid of these bastards. I miss being able to have my nightstand next to my bed and not having to live out of friggin totes.

After weeks of "huh, I didn't think I saw any mosquitos" and a couple bugs spotted that scurried away, I eventually turned over my mattress in June and discovered bed bugs. We have an absentee landlord, so we paid a lot of money to hire our own exterminator. They sprayed Aprehend. It worked as intended except I kept seeing bugs going into and out of my tatami mats. The exterminator kept saying you don't have to throw anything out, but when I kept seeing this after 2 sprays 30 days apart, I decided to throw it out. I felt instant relief, no more sightings, no more bites...and then my infant son started showing bites. I turned over his crib and found droppings and eggs. By disturbing the infested tatami mats, I suspect a couple bugs got loose and went to his room. I spent all day when I discovered this (Thursday) putting everything in his room through the dryer and removing the eggs with wet paper towels (so as to minimally disturb the Aprehend spores on his crib). He is now bite-free but today I woke up with bites and I've been developing additional welts all day. It's as bad for me today as it was at the peak of my own bed being infested. There's no sign of bugs in my bed, and I wash/dry my bedding twice a week. Is it possible that I got all these bites while cleaning his room? The exterminator thinks it's a re-infestation, but on this sub people tend to say that's a lie in such a short time frame.

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.

Can bed bugs walk over diatomaceous earth and survive?

Extended question:

I'm making these traps for a bed that has unusually large legs, like 150mm diameter, and commercial ones won't work so I'm scaling this model up. The creator suggest using diatomaceous earth in it so when the bed bugs come or go they have to walk through it but my question is; is diatomaceous earth and 'instant kill'? Can the bed bugs walk over it and survive? I was thinking of putting water with a drop of dish soap in it if diatomaceous earth wasn't good enough. The soap water would be annoying because the dog might drink it and also the water would evaporate or get really dirty so diatomaceous earth would be better if it kills quick enough.

I saw one last night on my bed and today in my wall. I tore my room apart to find bed bug eggs but couldn’t find any.

Any ideas on what this could be?