omg I’ve just woken up in a hotel as I felt something crawling on me, it was a bloody bed bug

[DisgustedinBournemouth]

I feel sick and now I can’t obv get back to sleep and it’s 3am

what the heck do I do with my bag and all my things when I get home tomorrow ? To de bug them

What definitely looks like a carpet beetle to me. They are fairly harmless unless you've got wool carpets.

You’ve already been told but my first thought looking at the picture was carpet beetle! Hurrah!

100% not a bed bug, I could tell even from your first photo. Hope you got some sleep!

Planet Earth has lifeforms other than humans shocker.

"Will my shed get infected?"

Honestly, get a grip.

There are certain things you really don’t want to share a house with. If they are in your shed, they may end up in your house.

I’m a bit rabid about woodworm, having had an issue in my first home. Mum had some in her garage and was foolish imo, with how she disposed of it.

Bed bug infestation? No thanks. They and woodworm are worth going to great lengths to avoid.

Put them in a bag in the freezer instead.

That doesn't look like a bedbug to me, they're smaller than that.

Its not a bed bug.
No need to worry about being infested.

Why did you think it a bed bug? They look very different.

This has to be Mumsnet at its best with people genuinely going out of their way to help and reassure the OP and educate thec rest of us 😀💐💐💐💐💐

I bet you're fun at parties.
Feel better now?

Urgh, sorry op. On the positive side - I don't think it is a bed bug. I got paranoid about them a few years ago, in Italy. Where there's one there will be more. A good way to double check is to have a look under the covers on the mattress and under the mattress. There will be loads of tiny white speckles (eggs) and tiny black speckle drops (poo) if there Are bed bugs.

Eta/ if anything it looks like a tick. Just wash it down the loo and check for anything else. It probably isn't a tick either as they're usually outdoors in long grass / forest etc.

Nah I disagree panic!

Leave everything there. When you get home undress on the doorstep and put those clothes in the outside bin , then set that on fire. Then go for a hot long shower and shave all your hair off. Then spray your house with that ultra pest killer stuff to be sure.

This is my worst nightmare. I would feel it crawling on me for the rest of my life.

OP I would be seeking a refund. A hotel room should not have carpet beetles. Spiders, flies, moths and general bugs yes but not carpet beetles

Like others, I’m pretty sure that’s not a bed bug, however as a veteran back packer:

1. hot wash and hot tumble dry for anything that will take it.
2. anything that won’t, put in a black bin bag and leave in the hot sun for a few days. I would also squirt in some permethrin (house flea treatment spray) for belt and braces, being careful not to expose bees/other insects.
3. anything you can’t manage one of those ways, or if it’s winter so the black bag won’t heat, then put in the freezer for a week.

I have an ungodly horror of bed bugs.

oh Go away

Agreed

That doesn't look like a bedbug, bedbugs aren't as big and have a flatter appearance, and are a different shade of brown. I became quite the expert when I was backpacking in my 20's!

Well at least had a couple hours of snozing, can’t really say sleeping
so feeling a bit knackered with massive bags under my eyes
but thanks again so much for last night

im so glad you were awake, why were you guys even awake at that hour ?

Get a life and stop being a dick
actually feel sorry for you tbh
must be painful being so miserable

I’m glad it doesn’t look like a bed bug but I always check a mattress whenever we stay anywhere for little black dots on it which are a sign of an infestation. I would still tell the management as it’s not nice to have had that crawling on you in the night and also they can fumigate the carpet.

Oh do shut up.

Honestly, the smaller the lifeform, the greater the hysterical panic.

The OP probably would have no problem sleeping with a dog or cat.

See the hysteria ramp up as the creatures get smaller. Mouse, spider, woodlice, flea, virus.

Bless. Guess you don't know about mosquitos.

@DisgustedinBournemouthMN is popular in Australia hence the comment about deadly snakes and spiders.

Glad they were around to help you out and reassure you.

That’s interesting about uber. Why did he think that was the case? Because surely those who use uber would still have been using other public transport options like buses, trains or normal cabs? Or is it a cleanliness reason with uber?