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Is this a bed bug?

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GreenOlivesinGin · 08/08/2022 17:04

Hi, I just felt this crawling on my neck as I was sitting on my bed..is it a bed bug?? My (urgenly downloaded) insect identification app says yes, but I can't find any other signs of them and it would be good to have a second opinion! I've taken as good a photo as I could with my rubbish camera...

Is this a bed bug?
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tedgran · 08/08/2022 17:08

Looks like it, we had them once, DH brought them back from a property we were doing up! Took a while to get rid of them.

vitriolaa · 08/08/2022 17:09

i've had bed bugs (still traumatised ten years later) and would say it does look like one - they usually get described as looking like an apple pip. check behind your headboard, the seams of your mattress - if you don't see them, you might see little blood stains. likewise on your sheets.

CobraChicken · 08/08/2022 17:09

Yes, looks like it to me too.

GreenOlivesinGin · 08/08/2022 17:48

Looks like everyone is agreeing :(
Thank you very much for the quick replies, even if I was hoping for the opposite answers!

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Samii89 · 08/08/2022 17:55

Get cimexa bug powder. It is absolutely amazing and got rid of our bedbugs really quickly. Was so pleased as I did not have the money to spend on getting someone out to sort it!

GreenOlivesinGin · 08/08/2022 20:22

@Samii89 thank you for the tip!

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ISeeTrees · 08/08/2022 20:28

It's hard to tell from the photo, are you sure it's not a tick?

GreenOlivesinGin · 09/08/2022 10:42

No, I am sure of nothing😂. But I don't think it is a tick unfortunately, having googled images of both it looks like a bedbug rather than a tick..

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