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Bed bugs!

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numberblocks54321 · 21/07/2026 06:15

I feel like I’m going mad!

Over the past week I’ve had four seperate bite episodes on my right leg - each a set of three bites, sometimes a triangle formation , sometimes a line formation.

They are itchy but I’m confident they’re not mosquito bites , I get big hive like allergic reactions from mosquitos and these look different

i don’t have any contact with dogs, cats etc so I don’t think fleas.

Ive searched the mattress and the bedframe as much as I can with a torch but it’s difficult to access some parts of the frame . Does this sound like bed bugs? Where can I try and look for them?!

Ive attached some pics of the bites

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foxinasnowstorm · 21/07/2026 06:20

They look like flea bites to me-they usually appear in threes or fours.

You don’t need a pet to bring fleas home. They can travel on clothes/bags from outside.

numberblocks54321 · 21/07/2026 06:24

Also to add, we did go on holiday in June

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numberblocks54321 · 21/07/2026 06:25

I’ve been drying our clothes in the garden - we don’t have a tumble dryer - so I suppose fleas could get on the clothes that way?

I guess I can call myself fleabag now?!

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Ladyeggo · 21/07/2026 06:52

Get yourself some Indorex and spray the whole house. It’s good stuff.

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