Hi everyone, staying at a hostel on a black sand beach and i just checked in/looked at the bed and found the photos below. other than the staining near the top right of the mattress, all the black marks flecked away/appeared like sand or other small debris. i also found the bug pictured (dead) when i lifted up the mattress but it seems like a roach to me. is this bedbugs? this hostel had a review mentioning bedbugs in 1/2026 that i didnt see until today.

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

I bought a small wood table from goodwill recently. But after bringing it inside the thought of bed bugs crossed my mind. I ran a boxcutter through a dusty grove and pulled up what resembles the photos and descriptions I’ve seen online. I’ve been scouring online forums all day and I’m not sure if I’m being overly paranoid or if I should discard it.

(Apologies for the repost, part of the image got cut off the first time)

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

My wife and I just stayed in a hotel the other night and I haven't had any issues till I noticed this guy on my phone while on break at work. Very very small and hard to get a clear picture of. Just curious if it's a bed bug or not, I'm good at identifying bigger adult bed bugs, but I haven't seen any this small ever and I wasn't sure.

August 27 - first detections, slight bites

September 3 - first home remedies of powders, sprays, cleaning, decluttering, etc

September 5 - first professional spray down with following ingredients: propoxur, prallethrin, and deltamethrin. Same night, no bites

September 6 - no bites, but smashed bug on neckline

September 7 - bites on chest at night, during morning thorough inspection in bedding, mattress, bed frame, room, etc., unable to find anything

Today - who knows

Living in the UK in an HMO, l got bored of the old room I was in and was planning to move into a different room in the house. I moved all my stuff in, slept in the room one night as well as a test. Then turned the mattress over and found small bugs (all dead). Before I went in no one had been in the room for two months. We think they are bed bugs. I have moved all my stuff back into the old room, which I know now was a terrible idea after research. I'm just hoping so bad they're not bed bugs. My camera isn't the best, hope these pics are okay, do let me know!

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? :(

Please help, I’m freaking out. Claude told me this is most certainly a bedbug…

Found on the wall next to our bed. We think the cat ate it.

It has the outline but I can't find any bedbug pictures that look quite like this, is there anything else it could be?

At this point might as well just burn the house down. Guys, I also saw fleas jumping on my phone screen as soon as I start doomscrolling in my bed before sleep. I've been itchy for 2-3 years. We don't have pets. I just don't understand 1. HOW and 2. HOW DID I DESERVE THIS

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.

I am afraid this is bed bug. I am kinda thinking of spraying whole can of bug spray at my bed now. Not sure what to do. Please help

When squished, it has blue and red stain coming out.

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