Bed bug?

sleepless · #1 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 10:02 PM

I've found a few bugs very similar to a 'narrow' bed bug except the hard back seems to be split vertically from the head like a beetle and doesn't have the 'stripes' across the body like most pictures of bed bugs.

I think we do have problem with bed bugs as some of us are getting bitten but the only bugs I've found are in the bedroom of someone not being bitten, the living room and the study.

The only evidence in the bedrooms of those being bitten is the small blood marks on the sheets.

posie · #2 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 10:05 PM

Hello sleepless, and welcome to WAB, I can't help you ID your problem, but someone soon will I'm sure, I just came in to say Hello and Welcome...Posie..

Jason Green · #3 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 10:49 PM

Hi Sleepless, and welcome to WAB

I'm not too sure which insect you have there. Do you have a photo of it at all? Failing that, a drawing would be good. Upload it to the Image Archive, please.

Take care,

Jason

Dutchess · #4 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 01:08 AM

Hello Sleepless, and a welcome to WAB from me.

No wonder you are sleeplesss, if you have bedbugs. However, I always believed they were usually unseen, coming out at night to feed and then disappearing into crevices and cracks (behind flaking wallpaper and suchlike) during daylight hours.

Small bloodmarks, tiny pin head size spots, made me think immediately of fleas. The faeces of fleas when dampened look like blood spots...but then flea bites would itch.

As Jason says, we need more to go on.

(Btw, have you recently moved house?)

Jason Claxton · #5 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 06:37 AM

Yes a photo is needed.Blood on sheets can be a sign of Bedbugs.Try looking also under your mattresses as well,they often hide there.Do try to get in a photo,and we will be able to tell you if it is them.Hope it isn't.Jason C.

loripo · #6 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 08:38 AM

If you can't quickly provide a photo, collect a few and put them into a plastic baggie and send to your local authorities Pest Control department. They will ID them and give you advice on how to get rid of them.

sleepless · #7 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 09:42 AM

Aren't flea bites usually around ankles. The bites we have are on ankles, knees, above waist, arms. We don't have any pets, are there other ways of getting fleas?

We haven't moved house but we do travel a lot and were wondering if something has hitched a ride home??

sleepless · #8 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 09:56 AM

Hard to get a clear image. It's about 3mm in length.

Jason Claxton · #9 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepless

Aren't flea bites usually around ankles. The bites we have are on ankles, knees, above waist, arms. We don't have any pets, are there other ways of getting fleas?

We haven't moved house but we do travel a lot and were wondering if something has hitched a ride home??

Bedbugs are well known for hitching a ride in clothing and luggage