This may be a long post so sorry ahead of time. I personally have never had bed bugs but I can identify them partly from working in the home health field and partly just being terrified of them to the point that I've tirelessly studied everything I could find out about them. To the point I'm here for I moved in with my 20 year old daughter a little over a month ago when I first moved in she told me she thought she had bb so we searched high and low and only found a couple of dead ones stuck to some tape around a window in her room we went ahead and tripped her whole room washed dried all the curtains the whole 9. Since then I have searched the rest of the house multiple times and found nothing. Well about 30 minutes ago she came into my room freaking out because she woke up with one on her. So we went through her room again and found several live ones in her curtains by her bed. Once again searched my room the living room everywhere I thought to search and have found nothing. So is it possible to only have bb in one room in the house or is that just wishful thinking on my part??

Or are we infested for sure?

Found one crawling (thursday)after these bites appeared (wednesday) killed it and it was the typical rust colour.

It is now tuesday. No other bites and no signs of infestation. Interceptors on bed and encasement installed.

Husband stayed at a hotel. Hotel confirmed no bed bugs but i think it hitched a ride home with him from somewhere.

So I’ve never had this issue ever. Two days ago in the afternoon I noticed such a small bug it was like the size of a small seed and I squished it and didn’t think anything of it but then tonight I saw another one and squished it and it left a little dot of blood behind. So I freaked out and asked Google and it said it could be bed bugs. So I literally tore my room apart. When I took all my bed sheets off I saw no trace of anything and then when I got to my final sheet a bigger one came out. I killed that one and bagged it but now I am freaking out. There is no sign of them on the bottom of my mattress or anywhere and I checked my bed frame and saw nothing. I live in an apartment complex, is it possible they are traveling from a neighbor? I literally don’t know what to do I’m on the couch now and I know I’m not supposed to but I don’t think I can bring myself to sleep in my own room right now. I genuinely don’t know what to do.

Stayed in a hotel for a few nights. Been home two days. Woke up this morning and there was a bedbug on my bed. Blood inside my tshirt.

I have stripped all the beds and found nothing else. Im very paranoid so I check our mattresses regularly im certain we've brought it back from the hotel.

What are the best steps to take to ensure this doesnt become an infestation? I will be getting sprayed today but what else should I do. This is my worst fear

I got bitten on my feet the last two nights. Itchy raised and red. Found some of these around the bed. Could this be bed bugs?

My wife and I have been noticing some insect bites—a few in clusters but mostly isolated—that are very itchy. One of them, on my foot, has turned into a fluid-filled blister about 5 mm in size (probably because I scratched)
I made the bed, removed the mattress cover, and inspected every corner of the mattress, the bed frame, and the baseboards, but found no signs of insects (except for a silverfish). We suspected the sofa, but I flipped it over and didn’t find a single spot.
Is it possible they’re that hard to find?
I recently traveled to Copenhagen, but the problem seems to have started at least 10 days later…

Should I invest in a professional service? Or should I just hope they’re mosquitoes (there are still some around—it’s not cold enough yet)?

Should I buy monitor traps to check if they catch something? Do they work?

Thanks a lot

EDIT: tried crossposting but failed, this post is in bedbugsadvice but automoderator says this is the right place

EDIT2: I won’t post bites marks, but I cannot avoid to say the word “bites”

It was about 2 1/2 mm long. I had to edit the photo a bit because it was very blurry. This is the best I can do but is this what I think it is? It was hanging out on my bed cushion. Thank you in advance.

I saw it this morning on my bed, walking slowly on it. I thought it might be what it looked like and i began searching throughly my mattress, under it, looking for small blood spots, excrements. But i found nothing. Is it a bed bug?

Had some scare of seeing some black spots on our bed at a hotel, moved rooms and still found some. Nothing crazy and checking the matress couldn't find anything. Decided to still risk it. Unfortunately a bit later saw this bug on our bed.

Just praying it's not what I think it is

I live in North Carolina. Found a single bug in my bathroom but I’m unsure if it’s a bedbug or not. Afterwards I flipped every mattress and couch in the house. Dressers included. Saw no evidence.

Or something else?

Ok, this is going to be a long one and is my first time posting on here. (long time lurker though) I moved into my new unit in March and within about a month, in April I had my first BB sighting. I knew it was a bed bug because I’ve had fear of them before so I knew what they looked like. Long story short, contacted my property manager, she said she was surprised and allowed me to have it treated right away through my own pest control company/cost because I was freaked out and would’ve had to wait if she did it herself. I see maybe one or two more, a few dead ones, then nothing. For MONTHS.

All of a sudden, August comes around and I see a LIVE bed bug in my living room while my friend is over. I called the pest control company back freaking out, he said that it likely was a re introduction from someone (which made no sense to me, I didn’t have any issues for the longest time and that friend hadn’t been around till that day). Regardless he came back to treat free of charge. This time when I loop my property manager in, the new management company gets pissed and says they have to treat it after the treatment my company did. I said okay, because I knew two chemical treatments are usually required.

Anyway, they arranged it, though after three or so treatments I was still seeing bugs. Finally, she sent them for a final inspection and “touch ups” (basically 4 treatments at this point all chemical). Following that, she scheduled one last inspection to be safe. Now, I won’t lie, I wasn’t home for the eternity of all these treatments. I had trips booked, I stayed at my bfs here and there (but was very safe and careful with my heat treated items only, checked his place frequently as well). Now the “final” inspection happened about a week ago. Before I even got the results of that, I saw 2 or 3 more live bugs. The crazy thing is, they are NEVER in my bedroom. I have the interceptors and encasement, and I only ever see them in the living room and kitchen. So I mention this to my property manager and she comes over to my unit to speak with me again. She says that they’ve made a new discovery, and that someone on my “line” (an 08 unit, i am 1608) has a pretty substantial infestation that they didn’t know about till now. This was relieving but not really because she said their inspection said there was no activity in my unit.., yet I am continuously seeing bugs. Her solution for right now was for me to tape off my vents as my unit is for the most part sealed. She said she would send someone to seal the bottom of my baseboards as well.

I just need some guidance, I really don’t get what’s happening here. I have no signs of activity according to pest control, okay if they’re coming from someone else’s unit but why so many all of a sudden? I have never seen so much activity. I saw two live bugs today alone, one in the kitchen and one in my bathroom which was new. They never look healthy, always like they’re dying but nevertheless alive. I have emailed my property manager again because she mentioned Aprehend when she came by. The company has been using temprid SC up until now.

TLDR; I have had bed bugs on and off since August, no bites, supposedly a neighbour has an infestation which was recently discovered and property management swears i’m not the “source” yet I keep finding live bugs in my kitchen & living room, never bedroom. Is pest control missing something? Does any of this even make sense?

Hi I was looking for a question tag but I guess it doesn't exist here.

Anyway I just wanted to know if what me and my dad was right, so its been 5 days since DIY treatment with some raid bedbug foaming the one without the nozzle (it has the same chemicals as crossfire, if the second treatment of it doesn't work then I will grab two 13 oz of crossfire via Ubuy and treat with those.

For the next treatment I wanted to be sure that it will be done properly, so I have a relatively new matttress around 5 months old, and last time we only sprayed the seams, and edges of it with the cover on.

Now my question is on the second treatment should we go ahead and open it and spray the actual mattress foam inside on its creaks, seams and crevices, or should we do the same thing and just keep the cover on and just spray the seams and edges like what we did last time??

I just wanted to make sure the second DIY treatment will be better or consistent with the first one, which right now has been working decently.

I read the label two times and the label explaining how to treat mattresses is the exact same with crossfire concentrate, which I will also post here as a picture.

The exterminator says we're close to being able to say we are clear. I don't think I've ever been so paranoid in my life

Saw some bugs on bed and rest on carpet. No droppings on mattress atm.

Let me start by laying out the scene. I live in Michigan. I am on Dialysis, I can't help with heavy lifting. my brother is a lazy ass who won't do anywork around the house, and my dad is 80. Leaving my sister in law to move the furniture and everything. this has been the same apartment complex.

My first experience with bedbugs was in 2019 or 2018. My sister in law wanted to try and deal with them ourselves. I did what I could, but after 6-7 months, I'd had enough, told her I couldn't handle it and was willing to move out to get away from it. She finally relented, told the complex. We got two visits and sprays and that was it. We were bed bug free... until this year.
I'm on Dialysis now, so when I spotted the bedbug on me in june, I immediatly informed them, and fearing DHS, my sister-in-law informed the complex. They came in, sprayed the first time. The second visit, the exterminator said he spotted no traces, and left.
1 month later, I started spotting bed bugs again. My sister in law begged me to give her a month to try and get rid of them. I love my family so I figured I would.
Now, its been 3 months. I'm getting bitten up. My family has not. My sister-in-law insists that the complex won't pay any more for any exterminations. I'm trying to tell her that, unless they can find proof that we brougth them, they have to. Am I right? What should I do?

So back in the summer my mom brought bed bugs to my house and didn't confess to it until much later. She shared my bed with me and subsequently I am the only one being bitten now. I have found a few dead bed bugs in the bed inceptors that I placed and have only found one live one on top of my bed.

I have been searching my bed every few days and I have encasements on my box spring and mattress since the spring but I'm still getting bitten once or twice a week.

I also have diatomascus Earth dusted on the baseboards and my metal bed frame.

I live in a two bedroom apartment and bought a steamer to steam the furniture and my bed frame. So I'm asking how would you start.

My laundry room is through my room so my idea is to leave my room last since anything that has to be put in the dryer has to be walked through my room anyways.

As for the bathroom, living room and kitchen and my kids room, what should I start with?? Furniture? The mattresses all have zippered encasements on them. So should I take those off and steam the mattress? Or just assume that these bugs are hidden in the furniture because there are no signs of them on the mattress themselves.

Please give advice

Found this on a plushie.

Is there anyway I can get rid of bed bugs they are all over my house.

I have not slept properly since 6 months and im drained I've tried different pest controls but it still didn't work please is there any remedy that have ruined my life I feel like taking my life , i am not even good financial condition to change my home

A months ago I found a dead dried up bed bug in my bed( third photo)

And searched my entire room and bed(didn't think to check top of my curtains)

After that I hadn't experienced any problem, hadn't seen any or felt any bites

And I still haven't until today where I felt itchy.

I come home today and thier is a huge spider on my bed and it kill it, I check the pillow it was and theirs a bed bug. I searched my room again and bed, theirs nothing

Then I think to look up where a see a spider web next to the curtains and to my horror theirs bedbugs thier

Ive only found them on that curtain and this is the second time ever ive seen them

Am I cooked?

Ive been noticing bites on my back and legs recently. I shook it off at first as the person who was in the room before me had brought in a stray into the house and i had assumed it may have been flea bites but there hasnt been a cat in the house since the other party moved out and the bites persist. I did a brief look at my mattress seams and looked near base boards and such but i couldnt find anything particularly discernable as bed bug life.

At this point i want to start early measures until i get a definitive yes or know. What should be the route i take to best tackle this potential problem?

When i get home tonight i am gonna give my room a thorough cleaning take every piece of linen in my room and wash and thoroughly dry. while the laundry spins i will inspect all crevices near to my bed, i have noticed a lot of dust particles around the crevices so i am considering doing that tape trick and but i am not sure how to inspect the tape to check for evidence of unwanted visitors. after i get a couple of lets say samples i want to wipe every inch of the bed down (possibly with bleach?) and after that i feel i am blanking. I will bag my clothes when they come from the dryer as well for precaution. I have already brought up the situation to my landlord (Im in ontario) and from there i cant think of any other moves to make.

If there are any extra suggestions you can make i will be greatful.

Found dead/shed in the bed of my aunt’s rarely used guest room. It crumbled to dust when pressed.

Smaller shiny reddish-brown beetles were also in the room which seems like carpet beetles. No bites on anyone.