AIBU to ask you to help identify my bugs (pic)

[Wishiwascrafty]

I found them in my parents house (Ireland) today. They’re about 1mm in length and vary from translucent babies to brown/black adults. I can only see them on the toilet cistern and the duvet. No one’s been bitten and everyone has been checked for lice.

Bodies look like bedbugs, but I don’t think they have such long antennae?

They look like bed bugs to me but I wouldn’t expect to find bed bugs in the loo?

Oh I really hope they’re not bedbugs. Would I not have been bitten?

It’s really odd they’re on the bed and cistern (bathroom beside the bedroom but not en suite) but nowhere in between

I don’t think they are bed bugs. The shape isn’t quite right.

Any black spots like felt pen on the sheets or pillows?

No, I can only find them on top of the duvet (despite stripping it) but haven’t found any on the sheet or pillow. No spots

Spider mites?

Not everyone reacts to bedbug bites. You would probably only know you had been bitten if you had reacted.
I agree with other posters though that the antennae look long for bedbugs; however I'm not an expert. I hope for your sake it isn't

Wood worms? I don't dare google. Or hungry ie empty ticks?

We had a horrific time with bed bugs years ago in a rental and I don’t remember them looking like that. When they are hungry they are more shield shaped and pointier when full.

I googled. Not woodworm but I'm definitely warming to tick!

Tick?

There's a message board on the natural history museum website where you can put pics of bugs up and they will identify them for you. I'll get the link and post it.

Looks like the original message board is now defunct but I found this instead

www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/identify-nature.html

LiveatCityHall thank you! I’ve sent pic in a email.

Definitely not bedbugs. They are totally different.

Not ticks. Ticks are arachnids, so are reminiscent of short legged spiders.

It's difficult to see but they don't like bed bugs or ticks (I've encountered both). My first thoughts were maybe they're a type of weevil, but TBH I'm not as clued up about insects as I'd like to be.

You're welcome 😀

Absolutely not bedbugs.