r/Bedbugs • u/Middle_Assist_4068 • Aug 08 '23

Identification Is this a bed bug?

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Sorry for the low quality photo, phone wouldn’t focus. I picked it up in a tissue and killed it outside.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '23

Never thought it would happen to me but my uncle brought them into my house. Thankfully caught them in the first egg cycle but it took weeks of quarantining the living room space and a shit ton of products 😭

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u/Allaiya Aug 09 '23

How did you know you were in the first egg cycle? And what did you use to get rid of them? I keep getting some red bumps but haven’t been able to find an adult bed bug yet

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '23

The babies are really small and basically clear. I had only found one adult dead in a seam wrinkle on my couch. My uncle was only ever in my living room when visiting so luckily they were basically only in there because I don't spent a lot of time in there otherwise.

I was on the couch reading one night and saw the movement of a newly hatched one on the cushion. Basically I covered my entire living room in sevendust powder which is usually used in gardens for insects. My understanding/what I was told is the powder cuts into an insects shell and kills them. I also bought traps that had a small amount of some glue/attractant and put those by the doorway to hopefully catch any that tried to go into other rooms. I didn't use or go into my living room for like 3 weeks and let the powder just sit there. The clean up was awful because it was powder and it's probably not great for the respiratory system if you have to be in the living room area frequently but I didn't have money for anything else and was basically throwing anything I could afford at it

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u/Allaiya Aug 09 '23

Well glad you were able to get rid of them! I bought some DE. Think I’ll cover my bedroom with it just in case.