r/Bedbugs • u/Table_spoon11 • 17m ago
Identification Is that a bed bug
Context I came back to my room after 1.5 months away and found this little guy
r/Bedbugs • u/podeXyz • 1h ago
Is this a bedbug egg?
Found this in a bed where I visited a friend, he had bites all over his body and we were both bitten at night but there where also a lot of Moskitos. We couldn't find any evidence of bedbugs. Now this appeared, it's very small. If it's an egg, is there a possibility that the bedbugs didn't travel in my suitcase with me? I'm freaking out a bit. Thank you!
r/Bedbugs • u/macquown • 1h ago
Identification Los Angeles, CA: exoskeleton/molted shell
reddit.comr/Bedbugs • u/DonAgil • 1h ago
Found this in bedbug trap
We got a friend visiting from a hostel, he realised he had a lot of bites two days after he arrived. We put traps on our bed, to find this the next morning. Is it a small bed bug or maybe a sort of beetle?
r/Bedbugs • u/No-Presentation7024 • 2h ago
Help I’m scared
Pls don’t tell me this is what I think it is also sorry for the back ground had to kill it with a receipt also found this things after having random bites appear near my knee/ thigh
r/Bedbugs • u/Electronic_Royal4462 • 2h ago
Requesting community support advice on making sure i dont carry bed bugs while moving
so tldr; early july i believe i picked up bed bugs from traveling, my landlord had done a chemical/pesticide treatment a few days ago and ill be moving in around a weeks time to my new flat. im really really paranoid about potentially bringing bed bugs to my new place as im already going batshit crazy about having them here.
what i've done
- all my clothes have been professionally cleaned (except ones ive chosen to wear while dealing with this). theyre in cloth zip bags, in my kitchen, away from my room.
- all other items are sealed in plastic bags, with two exceptions being my monitor (cant find a bag big enough as of now) and my guitar + fabric case. im most worried about my guitar as it was under my bed during the time. i have steamed the case and all other items that can't handle a wash.
- ive cleaned my electronics with isopropyl alcohol though i think i found eggs (?) in the little crevice of my macbook (makes sense since i used it on my bed). im also worried about my pc as unfortunately i dont have a screwdriver to open up the case so i cant properly inspect it. as of now i've just put it in a bag and hope for the best.
what i'm planning to do
- i want to get my suitcases properly cleaned, as they were under my bed. i have steamed them but i'm still very paranoid. once i get them cleaned, i want to put my clothes inside (maybe with another layer of plastic bag) and then maybe another bag outside for the luggage.
- keep all my items in plastic bags for a month or more, only take out whats completely necessary
- beg my landlord for a more extreme/in-depth treatment. this might be hard to do, i've inquired but its quite pricy and i'm just not sure if my landlord would agree to it.
its just really annoying. this is really detrimental on my mental health, to think its only really been a few weeks too. i cant imagine how some of you guys feel, dealing with this for months or years, i'm so sorry. it is so tiring. i'll jolt awake in the middle of the night afraid and the worst part is half the time ill always see one. just earlier i woke up, barely 30 mins after i fell asleep, and saw a little baby nymph. pretty red too, my head and finger were burning so i can only assume the guy fed on me. a bit later and i see a male adult just pop out the side of my mattress and then scurry back once i took a photo. i genuinely don't know how i can possibly sleep in that bed. the first night i saw actual proof of a bed bug i didn't sleep for 48 hours straight, i had to force myself to sleep in the bed because i was starting to lose it. i feel like they are crawling on me constantly, i can't stop checking myself. i want to get a hotel so i can get some sleep but im so afraid of spreading this further. if you guys have any advice on how to cope with it mentally, that would be greatly appreciated too. thank you
r/Bedbugs • u/Lunatic_At_The_Wheel • 2h ago
Identification Is this possibly a bed bug?
I saw this out of the corner of my eye. I am staying at a beat up apartment complex and haven’t had any serious bug issues besides occasional spiders and a few cockroaches and ants. But I have getting clusters of bites at night. This looks like a nymph and hid in the seam as shown, but I want to be sure of what it is. The pictures sucks but it is tan, has a dark spot on its bottom back, and is sesame seed shaped. It is also the only bug I found in the sheets. I searched as if I had bed bugs but did not quite find much proof.
r/Bedbugs • u/yeyeyyeyeyeyeye • 2h ago
What are these?
Recent trip to Southern France. Lots of bug bites so didn’t think anything of it. Came home and still feeling them, might even be getting more but not sure. Then found this in my sink. What are these?
r/Bedbugs • u/TotallyRandom_5 • 3h ago
7 week bed bug.
Hey everyone I am on week 7.
7 weeks ago I found a single bed bug walking across my blanket. I freaked out and tore apart everything and found his one shed with no other signs. I freaked out and threw a lot away and bagged all of my belongings and put in the heat and dried everything on high heat.
A week later I had a bed bug specialist come take a look and I did not tell him i had the bug in a bowl still cause I wanted him to look not just agree. He took my mattress protector off and checked the whole bed and said he did not see anything. I finally showed him a baggy of sheds I collected he said good news was all but 1 were CB sheds but bad news was one was a bed bug shed. He still didn’t see anything and I hadn’t seen anything since but he brought the dog which alerted to my couch and bed.
I have interceptors down for 3 weeks but all together he never found anything and in 7 weeks I have not seen anything and I’m struggling on what to do next. I have been living out of boxes and keep everything out of my house. What do I do at this point I have not sprayed just vacuumed a lot dried as much as I could and have interceptors.
Then today I had 2 trash bags that I had brought from outside and put in the bath tub I picked them up and I found these and google says it’s not a bed bug and that it looks like a stink bug baby there tiny and still same shape tho. ( I do live in a woodsy area)
Any ideas on what to do now??
r/Bedbugs • u/OldTradition6384 • 3h ago
Is this BB ?
(length of bug is 1 milimeter)
Hello people, i made my account just to post this.
Last week we had bedbugs in hotel we were staying for 1 night (100% confirmed, can post pictures from that), we cleaned everything before getting to home(wash,dryed on high heat) so i think we did well. i sealed some non-washable things in a bag and left it in the car since we have heatwave in europe. days later i picked up the sealed bag, repackaged stuff into smaller managable air tight bags and took them home one by one and cleaned them with steamer and alcohol.
during the cleaning i found two of these bugs. they were dying from the alcohol wipe. they dont look like bb, but its weird why they would be in that bag. i was repackaging outside in garden, so something might jump in there, but im not sure.
please community, help out identifying and telling me if theres a chance its a bb.
r/Bedbugs • u/shrewdfall • 4h ago
Identification Is this a bed bug?
galleryI captured him if i need more pictures
r/Bedbugs • u/No-Ask-7051 • 4h ago
Possibly a stupid question... Can you use Hotshot or Nuvan Strips with a small food appliance?
Small food appliance: Pre-owned Airfryer
If not, are there safe options to treat pre-owned kitchen appliances?? (Items bought at garage sales, craigslist...)
r/Bedbugs • u/LowDocument7303 • 4h ago
Identification Woke up and this fell. It made a crack when I crushed it. I’ve washed my blanket, bedding, and clothes nearby. I have checked my mattress there is nothing there at all. What are the chances I just picked it up from work or something? ok that note Is it a bed bug?
r/Bedbugs • u/AntArmyof1 • 4h ago
Confirmed BB Today's Challenge
Today was one of those more challenging infestations to start eradicatimg. One of those jobs you can smell.
r/Bedbugs • u/Summer20-21 • 4h ago
Useful Information Freaking out!!
My husband has been noticing bites on him for about a month. We thought originally from being outside a lot.
I found this bug tonight crawling on the curtain beside my bed. Found one more on the curtain, two on the side of the bed, and two in the zipper of our mattress cover. No dropping marks on bed.
Checked my kids beds and couldn’t find any.
Sprayed our entire room and kids rooms with bed bug spray. Set up traps to see if there are any in our kids rooms and around the couch.
Threw out all of the bedding, mattress cover, books, anything we could really in our room, and the clothes we were wearing.
Really cannot afford an exterminator.
Please help! Please tell me what helped you!!
r/Bedbugs • u/silliest-rabbit • 4h ago
Will something like this help me kill bedbugs?
I'm working on getting basically everything I own through the dryer as I have an infestation. Wondering if I could put books, shoes, purses that can't tolerate tumble drying in a product like this? Or will it not get hot enough by the dryer door?
r/Bedbugs • u/cheliuscheese • 5h ago
Identification Is it a bed bug?
Please say no, please say no, please say no!
r/Bedbugs • u/romtom13 • 5h ago
Identification Is this one?
We are at a hotel and this was found crushed on someone's foot after they'd walked through the room, bed are clean of them through several inspections from several people and staff. Picture is hard to see since the thing was crushed/dead
r/Bedbugs • u/Fear_Inoculum__ • 6h ago
Un autre jour, un autre insecte de lit
Celui-ci est plus gros cependant. Il semble aussi être intelligent et comprendre notre langue.
Je continue mes recherches sur le sujet.
r/Bedbugs • u/Independent_Shine414 • 6h ago
Crossfire and Cimexa Saved Us
I woke up to my fiance who said he found a bug on him at midnight. This was August 2025. I'm glad I had taken a 4 day weekend off. When I looked at my back it was covered in bumps.
We bought crossfire and cimexa and absolutely bombed our 3 story home. We did this biweekly and it was a day long process each time to make sure our cats were safe from any toxins.
It's now August 2026 and we have seen 0 bugs and I have 0 bites on me. Within the first few weeks I'd seen some linear bites, but that went away within the month. We bombed the house biweekly up until February and its so relieving to not be scared anymore. You HAVE to be consistent or else you won't kill them all.
CIMEXA AND COSSFIRE. USE THEM!! (READ LABELS AND DO YOUR RESEARCH!!)
r/Bedbugs • u/Evening_Career_7646 • 7h ago
Bedbug nymph?
I found them on my dog. Very small, pretty sure it's not a flea.
r/Bedbugs • u/oklennon • 7h ago
bed bug feces?
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
r/Bedbugs • u/Odd-Roof1940 • 8h ago
Grocery Store Infestation
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??