BED BUG OR FLEE?

[Millymollymaisy]

Please help! Found this on my sons quilt this morning and another one near by ( that was on the wall and way smaller ) is this flees or bed bugs ?

it’s black didn’t fly and was moving quite fast .

Not a flea, possibly a bed bug but it's hard to tell from the photo

I would definitely flee if I came across a bed bug.

Hard to tell from the photo, but it does look and sound a bit like it could be a bed bug. It isn't a flea.

Check the sheets and seams of mattresses, any gaps in wooden bed frames etc. Little blood streaks and black spots on bedding and in corners and places for them to hide are good indicators of bed bugs.

If you do have an infestation I'd strongly advise heat treatment if you're able to afford it. Don't be tempted to move your DS out of his bedroom in the meantime (or at least have someone else sleeping in there if you do) - all it'll do is encourage the bed bugs to scatter in search of a new person to bite, thereby spreading them further around your house.

I'd say bed bug

Put your finger near it if it's a flea it will soon disappear !

Could it be a carpet beetle?

The adults look like tiny immature uncoloured ladybirds and the larvae are furry looking (sometimes called woolly bears)

In fairness I have never seen a bed bug or flea but I thought they were suppsoed to be very small? This does look more like a carpet beetle.

Fleas are quite tiny but bed bugs are bigger than you think.

OR FLEE?

Yes, I think you should definitely flee

Seriously though, hard to tell, could you take a close up?

I would also suggest carpet beetles.

I'm on the app so can't zoom on the photo but from what I can see it looks like a carpet beetle. I had some behind my bed, but didn't know until I found one crawling on the bed frame. 🤢

Carpet beetles don’t move very fast do they? And they’re kind of stripy. Hard to tell from the picture.

It's definitely not a flea. Dont think it's a bed bug. Looks more like some sort of beetle.

Not a flea.

A flea would jump. Very fast and far so you might not see where it goes.

Bed bugs have a dark reddish brown colour and come from tiny to a couple of Mm.

But there are lots of types of small black beetles.

Has your Ds got any bites?

every single word of this. I hope it is a carpet beetle. Has your son been bitten? Some people (looking at you son) don't react to the bites so the early warning system doesn't work.

OP, I found carpet beetle larvae in the guest room last year, between the bed and skirting board. They were feasting on the chest hairs that had gathered there!

Here is the pic of the carpet beetle I found. Do your bugs look like this?

No bites on anyone. I have looked around the mattress in both bedrooms and cannot see any tell tale signs.

I have hoovered the entire house, stripped and boil washed all bedding/ blankets and sheets .

I am going to boil wash my sons soft toys but the machine I have takes a good couple hours between each wash when on a 60..

I’ve sprayed the upstairs with a flew spray from the vets ( a highly recommend one ) but have run out quickly so will need to go grab more.

I wash all our sheets on a weekly Basis, deep clean my house weekly and tidy every day. No pets … don’t get this at all!

Flee spray

Flea

It's not a flea.

I would say bed bug that's just fed as it's fat and they are very thin when they've not fed.

Any visible bites? They are usually done in threes.

Don't use a bomb, it dispersed them.

You need to bleach and boiling water what you can, crevices, and get fumigation in.

I thought bed bugs were reddish / brown colour ? This is jet black? No bites on anyone we are family of 4…

Looks too big for a flea, fleas are shiny too. If you can catch it, it's very unlikely to be a flea as they are very quick they don't scurry or run the jump.

Doesn't look like either tbh, baby woodlouse?

Yep me too ! you have my sympathies whatever it is .