Comments on: FAQ: Is this a bed bug? (photos of creatures mistaken for bed bugs) http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: seriously phobic http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-17585 seriously phobic Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:37:46 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-17585 I found something this morning between my mattress and box spring (after dreaming about bed bugs and deciding to inspect, once again, I've been petrified ever since traveled to Guatemala last summer and then on return started reading about the spread of bed bugs). It looks like a bed bug, but the lines on its body go up and down rather than side to side. Is this just a variation in bed bugginess? Something else? Thanks so much, in advance, for the help!! (And please, please let it not be a bed bug!!! I'm going to go crazy.) I found something this morning between my mattress and box spring (after dreaming about bed bugs and deciding to inspect, once again, I’ve been petrified ever since traveled to Guatemala last summer and then on return started reading about the spread of bed bugs). It looks like a bed bug, but the lines on its body go up and down rather than side to side. Is this just a variation in bed bugginess? Something else?

Thanks so much, in advance, for the help!! (And please, please let it not be a bed bug!!! I’m going to go crazy.)

]]> By: nobugs http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-14543 nobugs Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:42:26 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-14543 Yes -- spider beetles are rife in NYC and many people think they're bed bugs. Glad you commented, but hope you are still bed bug free! Yes — spider beetles are rife in NYC and many people think they’re bed bugs.

Glad you commented, but hope you are still bed bug free!

]]> By: bee http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-14537 bee Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:56:40 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-14537 NYC NYC NYC that spider beetle. I have seen them in every brick place i lived in brooklyn and manhattan. very very easy to freak out over finding these if you don't know. I think a lot of PCOs around here, just say "yeah itsa bedbug" and charge you for the spray. glad to see so much good info around now. I am a veteran from 2003! NYC NYC NYC
that spider beetle. I have seen them in every brick place i lived in brooklyn and manhattan.

very very easy to freak out over finding these if you don’t know. I think a lot of PCOs around here, just say “yeah itsa bedbug” and charge you for the spray.

glad to see so much good info around now. I am a veteran from 2003!

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-10675 nobugsonme Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:28:09 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-10675 Added booklice fact sheet, helpful for identification. Just look at the schnozes on these guys! Added booklice fact sheet, helpful for identification. Just look at the schnozes on these guys!

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-10509 nobugsonme Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:28:56 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-10509 Also see: Psocoptera: http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/81379419 Also see:

Psocoptera:

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/81379419

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-10490 nobugsonme Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:16:36 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-10490 teal, You need to read the post you are commenting on. This is NOT Morgellon's. Those are photos of a booklouse (psocid) and a spider beetle. We are absolutely sure about this. teal,

You need to read the post you are commenting on. This is NOT Morgellon’s.

Those are photos of a booklouse (psocid) and a spider beetle. We are absolutely sure about this.

]]> By: teal http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-10479 teal Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:04:47 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-10479 these are not bed bugs this looks like Morgellons disease which is known to be contagious and is currently being investigated by infectious diseases. The reason someone would have it from one place to another is because it is them who have it in the skin. They believe it to be a parasite/worm mutated from pesticides. Try epson salt baths and then 3-6-9- oil on the skin. See if black gritty stuff comes out, then you'll know for sure. Use diaper rash cream 40% zinc oxide. these are not bed bugs this looks like Morgellons disease which is known to be contagious and is currently being investigated by infectious diseases. The reason someone would have it from one place to another is because it is them who have it in the skin. They believe it to be a parasite/worm mutated from pesticides. Try epson salt baths and then 3-6-9- oil on the skin. See if black gritty stuff comes out, then you’ll know for sure. Use diaper rash cream 40% zinc oxide.

]]> By: Cody http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/04/faq-is-this-a-bed-bug-photos-of-creatures-mistaken-for-bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-10443 Cody Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:44:52 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1060#comment-10443 To quote someone else on the forum, "bless their hearts, they don't drink blood." To quote someone else on the forum, “bless their hearts, they don’t drink blood.”

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