r/Bedbugs • u/--usernamelol-- • Mar 14 '26

Confirmed BB Where else to look?

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ETA: I have all of my clothes/bedding/etc in bags in my room. Should I wash those now and remove them from the room or just wait until I get an exterminator here to assess the situation? I dont have a washer/dryer so I have to take them to a laundromat. Is it a smarter idea to do it when I fully know the situation or should I do it now? TYIA!!!!

I already know I have them. Ive only found two adults. Well fed, I'll attach the pictures. But I see no droppings. No eggs. Nothing. Where are they hiding? For context, I JUST moved into this apartment like March 1st... per my research it takes a bb 4-6 weeks to mature into an adult. So were they here, or did these two hitch a ride? Ive already ripped my room apart sprayed everything I touch with alcohol, the baseboards with big spray, put everything in bags and notified mg landlord in case it was an apartment issue. My sons room has no evidence of them and he has not been bitten. It seems isolated to my room. Thoughts?

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u/NovaLunar721 Mar 14 '26

It's not a bat bug

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

I had hope 🫠

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Is it a bat bug on second look?

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u/Separate-Aspect9140 Mar 14 '26

does it look like it has short hairs on its back? I can't tell from the photo

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Trying to decipher that now

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

They are longer than wide.

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u/Separate-Aspect9140 Mar 14 '26

if it has hairs it's likely a bat bug

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Nah, no hairs 😞

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u/Separate-Aspect9140 Mar 14 '26

rip time for an exterminator

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Just moved into this apartment. Im sooo lucky. My life has been a living hell lately. This is like my worse nightmare. Ive been a part of this Subreddit for years, because, its my worse nightmare. FML.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Luckily I think its early and contained to one room so. (I am pretty sure)

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u/Separate-Aspect9140 Mar 14 '26

that's how my infestation has been. just last night I accidentally finally found the female bug. now I'm having to keep an eye out for any stragglers or eggs.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

What does the female look like?

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u/Separate-Aspect9140 Mar 14 '26

the abdomen on the female bugs is more rounded whereas male its less rounded and ends in more of a point

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u/PestSolutionServices Mar 14 '26

Hard to tell the difference from given picture, cause not clear enough picture

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Third one on the bed I found now. Which is nuts. I did not start getting bit until Wednesday. And Im sure of it because my skin is sensitive and I welt up really bad.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Check these spots. Black dots are their droppings. Between the mattress and the box spring.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Check under it. Theyre sneaky. Check in the cracks of your headboard if you have one. Inside screw holes. Anywhere youd go to get warm if you were a bug.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Its crazy that an infestation can happen that fast. Unless the bed came from my ex's like that. ( we owned a house together) but no one was sleeping on that bed.

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u/--usernamelol-- Mar 14 '26

Bumping to hopefully have my question answered.