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/r/Bedbugs
Saw this in my bed this morning. Couldn’t really take a clear picture of it and this was the only one I was able to get. As soon as I saw it I killed it and threw my sheets into the laundry.
Found on wall. Had a bunch of bedbug looking bites a couple months ago after I stayed staying in a lot of different hotels. The bug in the picture was a few shades lighter but the flash made it look darker. Thanks!
I'll preface that I have OCD and part of that is anxiety over bedbugs and I'll admit that that is mainly the only reason I'm worried but I'd still aporeciate advice. I came back home to my apartment tonight after going out to and walking around a shopping mall looking at clothing (but not trying it on) for ~3 hours. When home, I was leaning against my front door for like 1 hour scrolling through instagram when I felt/saw out of the corner of my eye a bug around chin level, freaked out, and swatted at it. I thought I saw it fall down but I was not able to find anything on the floor afterwards. I shook my coat and threw my clothes into washer/dryer but I'm adraid its lose now in the apartment and that it was a bed bug that had hitched a ride from the mall with me. What can I do? I don't want to wait for an infestation but I'm fraking out on how to confirm if I even can that it wasn't one.
Edit - sorry I meant DE, not DTE. My bad
The BB’s came from a couch I had bought, that’s where the majority of them were. When he did the first treatment none were found else where. Fast forward two weeks we were getting bit again. After the second treatment he only found one along the baseboard, but it was upstairs which means they have travelled. He said with the third treatment we should be good.
I’m so scared this is going to get out of hand. I live in an old house and there are so many places for them to hide. I’m a single mom of 4 and finances are now tight. Christmas is coming. I want to make sure I get on top of this now.
I’ve had my house treated twice, and a third time is recommended. After the third treatment I will not be able to afford another. I am so stressed out. I bought some food grade DTE and I’d like to use it between now and the third treatment so try and stay on top of things. Am I being crazy or is this a good idea? I’ve heard it’s not good to breathe in. How do I safely use DE?
Also, are young bed bugs easy to see? I feel like I always have bugs crawling on me now and it’s all I dream about. I can’t sleep without having nightmares it’s all be horrible.
Sorry if I’m rambling.
Just found out I had bed bugs for the second time in my life today. Really not coping well, as I know how hard they are to get rid of. Just need some positive thoughts as I go into the battle.
It was very very small. Either way today is cancelled 😭
I threw out practically everything in my bedroom when I realized I had bed bugs about 2 months ago My bedroom is completely empty but I still think I have them.
I've used diatomaceous earth and I've had a professional come out three times and spray, about a week ago I went in the bedroom and saw a really young baby bed bug crawling on top of a clump of diatomaceous earth on the carpet completely unfazed.
So my question being, there's a lot of DIY traps on Google but I just don't think they would work and I had the idea of using the same setup as one of those traps by putting a container inside of another container filled with alcohol/hydrogen peroxide. But what I want to try is prick my finger and put a few drops of blood inside of the inner container so when they crawl to get the blood they drown and I want to know if this sounds like a decent idea or not.
And yes I'm aware they sell traps but I'm stuck at home right now and I'd like to do something productive about it or at least find out if they're still in my bedroom.
Found on couch. has red color
I have nightmares about this.. found a bug. Is this my nightmare come true? I was too freaked out to take any other pictures
Can I safely continue to sleep on my couch after spraying crossfire in it’s cracks and crevices? And would making like a circle of crossfire on the floor around the furniture work? Please help.
Sorry this is the best picture we could get. Smaller than a grain of rice on a mattress.
So I'm getting bitten at night by something. Can't find any evidence of bedbugs other than I am being bitten by something. The bites are usually on my hands but sometimes on my ankles. They've only ever been clustered once and it's usually a single bite. I have no blood stains on my sheets or any bedbug fecal matter that I can find. This started happening several months ago when some workers started doing work on my bathroom. It hasn't gotten worse over time, it's just been a new bite once in a while. Due to the infrequently I thought it was mosquitos as they knocked a hole in the drywall near my bathroom but I'm wondering if it's something else. I've checked my sheets, mattress, and bedframe for bugs and nothing's turned up. Any ideas?