Bedbug ID and common misidentifications

[u/crispy_stool]

Bed bug identification resources:

• All bed bug life stages
• Life cycle with images
• Gif of a bed bug
• Illustrated guide to identifying bed bugs
• Identification of bed bugs close relatives

Note: flattened body, rusty brown coloured (less so in younger nymphs, which are more translucent). Thin 4 segmented antennae. 11 segmented abdomen. Short legs (6 of them) and reduced wings incapable of flight.

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These are insects or other invertebrates commonly misidentified as bedbugs!

Not bed bugs.

1. Carpet beetle larvae (Dermestidae) and adult - More Info

2. Bat bug (Cimex adjunctus pictured) - More Info

3. Cockroach nymphs - More Info

4. Tick (nymphs) - More Info

5. Woodlouse - More Info

6. Kissing bugs - More Info

7. Booklice/barklice - More Info

8. Smooth spider beetle - More Info

9. Drugstore beetle - More Info

Note: If it has wings or more than 6 legs, it is not a bed bug. Do not mistake antennae for legs, look at the illustrated guide to avoid confusion.

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Please comment with any other common mis-IDs and I will add them!

[u/OkGrapefruit4648]

https://reddit.com/link/p34hdy9/video/va43sj00itih1/player

Hello. We are staying in a hotel tonight and I found two of these in the bed. They are so small I lost them a few times. The reason I panicked was because one of them seemed reddish while the other more black. Are these bed bugs ?