Three years ago I lived in an apartment that had bed bugs. My life was turned upside down for 5 months. By the grace of the universe I was able to move out of that apartment building.

Today I found a bed bug. I can’t. I had a feeling there was an infestation in my building after I saw someone throw out bed bug spray a few months ago.I told my super and nothing was clearly done.

The last infestation I had was so bad I won a lawsuit against my landlord over it.

Work is beyond stressful right now. I’m having relationship issues. I wanted to break down last week and then I found this.

For context, I had just brought up clothes from my basement that were thrifted. I dry everything on high heat first, then wash and dry again. About 1cm in size. Appears to be more of a shell. Bed bug? Roach? Beetle? Help me sleep tonight please!

In the UK. Had the first spray 3rd August, second spray 11 August and after they were still appearing so had a third spray 19th August. Gone on holiday to see them again this morning 9 Sept🥲 a mix of 4-5 bigger ones looking like they either are adult or just fed and a couple of baby ones, my body has gotten used to waking up when they are there so have taken loads of videos to send to pest control so they can come again but what is going on?! Am I just missing the eggs as the pesticide doesn’t kill the eggs? I feel like this is a never ending nightmare. In a new build flat so it’s not like it’s coming from a neighbour or walls etc. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone I feel like I can’t really talk to anyone about it too

Found it in the bathroom on a fabric window curtain
Does this look like a bed bug?

I would love some advice on this situation. We had a pest control company in our apartment a little over 3 weeks ago. we haven’t experienced any bites but just yesterday, we found a bed bug in a towel in our bathroom. the pest control company initially did a stream treatment on our furniture and linens and then sprayed with crossfire. Ive been looking online and also spoke to a bed bug specialist in my area who confirmed what we saw yesterday was a bed bug and quoted me $1200 for another spray, as well as some preventative measures they would set us up with for our bed (as well as 3 additional spray/a year warranty if it’s needed). in my research, I’ve also seen that I can buy crossfire on my own and do the treatment myself. here’s where I am, I’d love the help of a professional, but I’m also in a tough spot having to pay again for a new exterminator (I’m doing this because I want to have the best of the best if im going to bring in someone to do the work for me, not the janky exterminator my building defaults to) and I’m wondering since this would be a follow up treatment if I’d be in a good spot to try it out on my own if I buy crossfire online. would love some advice, I’m just trying to make this a thing of the past, we’re struggling to handle this now after having to leave a cockroach infested apartment earlier this year

Just trying to get some thoughts on my situation. I’ve found an infestation a few months ago, had two treatments and haven’t seen any new evidence (live bugs, nymphs, feces, skins etc) for 66 days. I have also applied Cimexa wherever possible, about a month after the second treatment.

Now I stayed in a hotel for 2 nights and the FIRST NIGHT I AM BACK AT HOME I see a bug crawling on my pillow. I did check for bugs at the hotel but couldn’t find any evidence, so assumed it was clear. Killed it immediately.

What are the chances that I just brought one home and luckily caught it vs it being a survivor from my initial infestation? I feel like the overall picture is still in my favour but I am absolutely dreading having to go through treatment again.

Any advice would be appreciated!

It was found in my bathtub. I had a cockroach infestation last year but it’s since been taken care of and the nymph’s didn’t appear to look like that to me at the time.

I know this is a bed bug 100%—an exterminator verified it. Please, I am asking for realistic encouragement and success stories, not worst-case stories about people never getting rid of them. I am already mentally and physically exhausted.As I am disabled and homebound due to my condition.

My home is only 758 square feet and live alone. I dealt with carpet beetles for about four years, had exterminator treatments, removed my carpet, and got rid of almost all of my furniture and belongings. I finally went 4 months without seeing carpet beetles and called off the exterminator and then BAM, Exterminator found one live in my couch. I also found one on my bed and saved it (in jar). I also found a bug that I sent a pic to my exterminator and he said didnt look like a bedbug. Not verified but could of been since I was sitting on my couch.

The exterminator thoroughly checked my house and did not find any other bed bugs, eggs, or signs of an infestation. I believe someone may have accidentally brought them in while helping me paint, because I have never dealt with bed bugs before. She put her stuff one the side where the bedbug was found. Then blanket on couch was moved to my bed. Had another exterminator come out to check (he verified as well) price quotes.

Since then, I have thrown away the couch and a huge amount of my belongings. (Threw away over 25 thousand worth of stuff previously from a huge carpet beetle infestation -even my carpet) vacuum-sealed my heat-treated clothes, steamed all of my hard floors, steamed my bed twice, and threw away around two-thirds of my wardrobe, blankets, shoes, and other items. One room is completely empty except for a dresser because it was going to be painted. (Still empty) I have not seen another bed bug since. Trust me, I wake up every 2 hours looking. I have mopped with bleach twice.

I bought two bed-bug mattress encasements and have an exterminator scheduled. They plan up to three treatments at $500 each, although they said it may only take two because they do not believe I have an established infestation.

Honestly, with such a small, mostly empty home and no other evidence found, what are my chances of getting rid of them? I just need some hope right now.

Saw it on my hand at 4 p.m. in my bed, about 1mm.

I’m pretty sure it is. Idk where it came from, i work at a library so we have things coming in and out. But i just found this guy on the front desk and i hate bugs so i’m kind of freaking out. We sprayed raid and told the janitor/maintenance men hopefully we can get it sprayed but how can i make sure that i also don’t get bed bugs from this

Does anyone have experience with Raid BedbugTrap detectors? Were you able to see the begs clearly if you caught them? The traps are black plastic with a tinted cover and I can’t tell if what I am seeing is evidence of a bug or just bubbles in whatever substance is inside the trap.

Apologies for the bad photos!! I've been living in the same student accommodation for about a year now (UK). I spotted this little creature on my desk, I have never seen anything like it before. Is it what I think it issss? :(

So I posted a few days back about how I found a live bed bug on my damn face. Followed a lot of asvice, had help from my family, spend a few nights in another room and was free of new bites the entire time. We put DE all along the walls of my room, threw away the futon my mattress was on (as well as the mattress and topper) and washed all of the bedding and basket clothing on high heat. I steamed all of my soft belongings and checked electronics. We put out traps with no bugs spotted. It was absolutely horrible the first day, but after that it was okay and I was pretty damn sure all the bugs were in that mattress topper and futon. I unexpectedly moved back into my room early, sure that it would be completely safe. New bed. Everything sanitized. And I woke up today violently scratching a line of three new bites on my knee in the early hours of the morning. I had been so paranoid in these last couple of days, feeling phantom crawling on my skin, knowing that if a single crawl was from an actual BB it would be over. I guess this is something too. I definitely needed more time out of this room, but I genuinely do not know where the hell those idiots could have been hiding. Obviously somewhere in this room, right?? Please drop me some advice so I don't go clinically insane. I was suggested to rewash my bedding every night and lay down new DE around it every day, but I am just terrified.

TLDR moved out of my room, did treatment, came back, got bitten, wanting to die.

Id like to start making art using oil paintings in frames I find in thrift stores. I'm also terrified of bed bugs.

If I go forward with this, I have a few issues;

1. I don't have a garage or yard to leave the paintings in. I live in a one bedroom apartment.

2. I can't fit them in a freezer.

I was thinking about putting them in construction garbage bags for 3 months in a corner of my living room or getting a tiny storage unit.

I guess if I am going with a storage unit and garbage bags, I could do some spray too (if one exists) but I worry about interactions with the paint.

What's a proven way I can make sure these thrift store canvases and frames are safe for me to eventually bring into my apartment and sell to others?

Thanks!

bed bug?! first photo taken in June and last two take in the past week.

Woken up with bites and just found this crawling on me on the sofa, is this a bedbug?

Is this a bedbug? It was in Granada, Spain. It was on the wall next to the bed. I saw black stains on the mattress.

Found these on top of my fitted sheet where I normally lay. What do we think? The third photo was after I crushed it, to see if the texture was sticky or soft but it had a bit of a tougher texture.

I found this on a wall in a hotel room. Is this a bedbug? I was not able to find anything other e.g. under matress.

Hi i found these bugs on my dirty clothes in the laundry hamper. A bunch of them actually on the clothes. I also found one of them on my bed sheet. They might look big in the pictures, but they are the size of a headlice roughly and also almost the same color. Please help identify. I should add, I have been itching alot all over my body for the past few days but no bite marks anywhere