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Bug shells of some sort...identification anyone??
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smalltown_boy
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Posted 1 year ago
Sat Aug 16 2008 16:33:47
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While preparing for an exterminator to come to my place, I found these casings, would anyone be able to identify if these are bed bug casings? They don't really to me based on photos, but they are incredibly tiny.
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Sat Aug 16 2008 20:36:52
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Since they're hairy they look like carpet beetles to me, but that doesn't mean you don't have bed bugs, too. Lots of places have carpet beetles.
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Stefan
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Sun Aug 17 2008 17:10:28
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the elusive land-shrimp... ok, i really have no idea
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BugsInTO
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Sun Aug 17 2008 17:52:58
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Hi - It looks a little like one of the pictures from "Photos of stuff I've found in my room".
"Molted skin? (It seems too big to me...): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/sara9802/IMG_0707.jpg"
Maybe send them a message and see if they found out what it was? It was a post from hopeful2.
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thebedbugresource
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Aug 18 2008 0:10:22
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Dermestid beetle moults.
Sean
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Hi,
I am almost certain that they are Carpet Beetles. They are a pest thought to be harmless and non biting but it would appear that they can induce a "bite like" response believed to be connected with the micro fine hairs on the shed larval casings.
They can sometimes be confused with bed bugs but the treatment strategy is completely different, more elbow grease and less chemical control.
I host a significant ammount of information about them at the following site:
www.bed-bugs.co.uk/carpetbeetles
They are both highly variable in colour and size, in the past I would say I have seen reactions equally from small and large samples.
David
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effinbugs
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Aug 18 2008 17:27:38
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Stefan - 1 day ago »
the elusive land-shrimp... ok, i really have no ideaThat made me LOL :p
Thanks, I needed that haha this situation has made me so paranoid. Sometimes you just have to remember to laugh!
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