Advice please
My family and I returned from a week's holiday last week...My son had several clusters bites overnight which were quite itchy. My daughter who was in the same room had a few but they bothered her less.
A day or two afterwards, we found a whole dead adult bedbug on the landing upstairs. After this I also found multiple black marks and splats of what I assume was old blood (GROSS , I know) on the white sheets.
We showed the dead creature to the air b&b owners, which they downplayed and took it away. Initially they said they doubted they were BBs, then after closer scrutiny, decided they might be. They changed all the bedding and said they couldn't find anything else.
Since coming home, I have been absolutely frantic about cleaning everything on a hot wash, quarantining and freezing things. I have been religiously checking bedding, mattresses, carpets.
I have found two casings/exoskeletons since- could they be BBs? I usually wouldn’t be analysing every speck of dirt as I am now, so perhaps they’re other creatures?
One of my kids is extremely anxious and neurodivergent, so I have been trying to downplay/disguise these issues…however, I am extremely anxious and among other life-stressors, it’s beginning to make me ill. I can’t sleep and I am constantly checking and imagining the worst.
I know in reality, they are a resilient and annoying pest but pose no health risk and can eventually be sorted. However, I am extremely worried!!
Re the air b&b, we haven’t addressed it again as we didn’t really want to make a fuss at the time (esp with the children in situ) and didn’t know how to handle it.
Any advice or keen entomologists out there?
Thank you!