bite photos
By nobugsonme on Jun 25, 2007 in bed bug bite pictures, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, photos of bed bug bites, photos of bed bug bites
Bedbuggers,
The bed bug bite photos page is turning out to be one of the big attractions at our site.
Since it obviously is a resource folks need, I want to keep expaning it. If you have clear photos of your own bites (they can’t be from a cameraphone or otherwise small), please consider adding them. If you host them on flickr or another site from which we can link to the image, then simply email me with the links. If you can’t do this, then you may send me a photo or two to be added to my flickr page.
I’d especially appreciate it if you’d look at the page and see if the bites there look like yours. Tell us in a comment below this post which person’s bites look like yours–and if none do, but you’re sure they’re bed bug bites, and you’re still being bitten, then please snap some good shots. (Remember, if you have not verified beyond a doubt that bed bugs caused your problem, then it probably is not helpful to post the photos: you just never know.)
Thanks for making Bedbugger a useful resource for others!
Bassomeijer’s bite, shaped like a devil. Anyone else got photos of bites in formation, that look like something else?
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James Buggles | Jun 25, 2007 | Reply
As usual, this site has taken it upon itself to provide what the entomology community has not. Most university entomology sites contain very few photos at tiny resolutions, very few videos that run just a few seconds, and not much in the way of research notes and papers. They’re not taking advantage of the Web.
Though he doesn’t work at a university, Lou Sorkin is the exception though I wish he had let his video camera run longer since YouTube allows up to 10 minutes.
nobugsonme | Jun 26, 2007 | Reply
Aww James, I thought we _were_ part of the entomology commnunity!?!
Monica Long | Jul 6, 2007 | Reply
My bite doesnt look like that, but it is a round circle about the size of a dime. On my butt so will have to get someone else to take pic.
nobugsonme | Jul 6, 2007 | Reply
Monica,
Did you look at the rest of these:
http://bedbugger.com/bed-bug-bites-photos/
We’d love to add more. The fact is, different peoples’ bed bug bites look different.
Donna Rose | Mar 18, 2008 | Reply
My son is a year and a half and woke up with a red spot on his face. At first it looked like he just slept on it wrong but the spot stayed throughout the day. The next day it had bumps and they where a little white topped. Now it is four days after I noticed the spot and have been putting triple-antibiotic cream on the spot and the redness around it is gone but the bumps look as if they what to form scabs and it seems to be iching. Do you think it is a case of bed bugs? This has happened before but not on the same bed or even in the same house, all the furniture is different. I would send pictures but my camera is broken.
nobugsonme | Mar 18, 2008 | Reply
Donna,
Other conditions such as scabies should be ruled out by a doctor.
If it is bed bugs, you cannot determine this from the appearance of bites. Other problems can look and feel similar.
It is also is not possible to diagnose based on your description of when and where the skin condition started.
If the doctor rules out medical conditions, I’d have a pest control operator search for bed bugs.