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Bedbug or something else? [a: cockroach nymph]

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flippingout

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Posted 10 months ago
Thu Jul 26 2012 13:48:24
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I caught this running across my sheets last night, stuck it in a ziploc bag, and froze it. Pictures aren't the greatest (my camera will not cooperate), but maybe someone can ID it? I've woken up a few times recently with what may be insect bites, so I'm kinda worried this might actually be a bedbug. We had a bedbug scare roughly a year ago in my building, but the pest inspector from back then found nothing in any of the apartments. I'm leery of talking to management unless I'm relatively certain.

http://twitpic.com/ac0cc3

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bed-bugscouk

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Posted 10 months ago
Thu Jul 26 2012 14:30:54
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Hi,

100% not bedbug.

99.99% certain its a cockroach nymph.

David Cain
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Posted 10 months ago
Thu Jul 26 2012 14:52:39
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Studying the photos of bed bugs here is also worthwhile in case you have another mystery bug.
P Bello

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Posted 10 months ago
Thu Jul 26 2012 14:58:16
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As David suspected, it is 100% cockroach nymph.

Here's how you'd know:

> Presence of cerci at tip of abdomen.

> Long thread like antennae.

Congrats on your NON- bed bug.

Hope this helps ! paul b.
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Posted 10 months ago
Thu Jul 26 2012 15:23:11
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Thanks, all! Cockroaches are nasty, but not anywhere near as bad as bedbugs. What I thought were bites may be a simple reaction to stress or allergens.