My grandparents discovered a nightmare bedbug outbreak back in May. I had visited them before it was discovered and was bitten. Thankfully I showered and washed my clothes when I got home since their house is dirty and that’s my usual protocol. I didn’t have any more bites for months, & saw no signs of bugs (I checked daily.) I kept my distance from my
Grandparents.

A few weeks ago my grandpa was hospitalized and they found live bugs on him and my grandma. I did visit them & did an intense cleaning protocol when I got home - clothes bagged, stripped down outside, clothes and shoes in dryer, car left on 100 degree pavement for a full day. All good.

Last week, my family came to visit and we went to my aunt’s house who has helped my grandparents with their bedbug extermination prep. She wore a hazmat suit around them and showered at the community center and threw all the clothing/shoes away after each visit. After visiting my aunt, my partner got a straight line of bites up their leg. That’s not how mosquitoes bite, so I ripped apart my mattress and found one single bed bug hiding in the crease (pictured.) I still haven’t been bitten and don’t see signs of more bugs. We looked everywhere. No fecal droppings or shedding either.

Regardless, I hired a bedbug detection dog to come tomorrow and will be paying $2k for a whole house heat treatment on Friday. I will then apply crossfire and cimexa everywhere. I feel so deeply traumatized by this and just want it to be over, even if my reaction is overkill. Has anyone had success getting rid of a very small (1 bug) infestation? I fear there are more hiding. I only see horror stories of how you never ever get rid of them. I’m spiraling so bad.

was just laying in bed yesterday, turned over and saw this bug. it was already dead, ive been getting itchy spots on my skin for a bit now. ive already stripped my bed and bagged all my plushies on my bed just incase and i will be deep cleaning everything. i flipped my mattress and looked everywhere all over my mattress and couldnt find another one. is this even a bedbug?? was i lucky and just caught it early before they spread?? i mean theres not even like blood/poop or whatever they leave behind on my mattress, its completely clean besides from some stains from myself lol

Next to a 20 cent Euro coin because I couldn’t find a penny or quarter.

The smaller bug up front was found on our trap outside our front door. We live in an apartment so we keep a trap right by our front door in our entryway.

Thank you!

My mom found this in the bathroom, we are very scared!

Found on the floor in my bedroom

I'm on a work trip right now and got up early this morning to find this crawling on my pillow. I immediately packed up my things and let the front desk know. The front desk woman tried to deny that it was a bedbug and I wasn't having that because this is 100% a bed bug and it was full of fresh blood when I killed it 🤢.

I still have one more night here and they moved me to an upgraded room in a different building, but I'm worried about my clothes and bag because I know they're easy to spread. Ugh

I already covered on plastic, this garment bag hasn’t been touched in years and no signs on bed or furniture of this

We just rented a place with some furnishings in Texas. Yesterday, I saw gray curtains in an upstairs room and traded them out to my room before seeing a bug on them when adding sheer curtains just now. I took them down to wash on high heat and dry. I checked the mattress for any signs at all and saw nothing in this room.

I also found the molt on the window sill where the curtains sat.

First off… are they really bedbugs? I’ll have to let the upstairs roommate know when he gets home. And what are our steps?
Thanks!

Hello,

Apologies for the pic (it’s super tiny so it’s hard to get any kind of detailed pic), but can anyone tell me if this is a bedbug? i do have some anxieties around this kind of thing, so even though i’m pretty good at identifying bedbugs, it’s hard when it’s your own situation. but for context, the head is basically indistinguishable from the body. it looks like a teardrop. it’s black in color. so all these factors are making me think no, but it’s the closest thing to a bedbug i’ve seen in person so i’m not sure

I’m moving and I have my wedding memories box where I kept all the cards and my “hangover recovery bags” made of cotton muslin fabric. And on the moving I opened the box to see the memories of the wedding and found this in the cotton bags, now I’m freaking out.
The box has been inside my closet without opening for 5 years.
Nothing else has this, no clothes; no nothing! I never had bedbugs in my life and now I’m terrified.
Please help

been staying in my new shared house for a week or 2, no issues, no bites or any signs of bugs. last night my girlfriend stayed over for the first time and she came up with around 7 bites on her back. itchy, painful. most in the middle, one on her lower back, couple on her upper back. they’re not in any line pattern. i’ve searched my mattress, in the seams and crevices, all around and on the bed frame. no stains or marks anywhere, no bugs, blood or fecal matter.

i cant understand why she’s got the bites. i’m so stressed i cant sleep. what can i do, what’s the next course of action. why did i not get any for all this time and she gets bites instantly. overall, is this bedbugs? i’d really like to put this to bed (pardon the pun).

Is this a piece of a bed bug? I was shaking out clothes in the bathroom floor and found this.

Is this a bed bug? 😭

I found this incredibly tiny bug in my bed. Is this a baby bed bug? It’s maybe 1 millimeter in size, it’s so small.

I've been getting bites every 2 weeks and just found an actual bed bug on me today. Extermination is coming tomorrow. I went on a first date that went extremely well a couple days ago, and now from what I'm reading, I shouldn't even have anyone over at my place? And I need to dry my clothes before I leave the house?

What the hell man.

Sorry for poor photo quality, I tried.

I'm pretty sure this isn't a bedbug, but I wanted to check with the experts that this isn't anything to worry about.

Thanks!

I made this account solely to ask this community for advice after finding a possible bedbug on my hotel bed a few days ago (if this is a misidentification please let me know!)

We only found the one bug, and after searching the room I couldn't find any other signs of bedbugs (stains, eggs, etc), but still got a room change the following morning. Immediately after finding it that night, I took all my luggage off of the floor and zipped it up, as well as isolated the beds and changed the sheets.

ANYWHO, my main inquiry is as follows: when disinfecting clothing, how long does the clothing have to be in a hot wash for? I know drying is the preferred method but not all my clothing is dryer safe and I want to minimise shrinkage.

ALSO: For fabric slippers, how would one go about cleaning those? And for Crocs?

I currently have all my clothing and shoes, including what I wore home from the airport, in a sealed garbage bag in my vestibule, along with my backpack and some other miscellaneous items. For context, my vestibule had concrete flooring and is pretty isolated from the rest of the house. I have also vacuumed and rubbed isopropyl on my suitcases and they are now in the garage. Everything that was brought upstairs, including toiletry bottles and electronics were also wiped down with isopropyl, and I have my books and journals in a sealed plastic bag in the freezer. Are there any other safety measures I should take?

Sorry for any grammatical errors, ranting, or confusing sentences, I'm quite jetlagged and the nerves aren't helping!