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Cast skins? (carpet beetle skins)

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   Ladygirl
   

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Tue Jun 14 2011 23:23:40
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   Dismantled my wooden platform bed (It has 6 drawers in it too, complete nightmare for BBs too many cracks to hide in ugh) and found a fair amount of these cast skins.
   We had/have a mild infestation and did a few DIY treatments because we are too poor to afford a pro, but have been getting hives still and thus found these (still haven't found bugs yet).

   Maybe you can't even tell anything due to the poor quality of my camera and they might be a little smushed from digging them out of cracks... Worth a shot though I guess?

   http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g439/mtie/2011-06-14_23-18-32_386.jpg

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Tue Jun 14 2011 23:34:13
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   Inconclusive but very doubtful BB related.

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Wed Jun 15 2011 2:50:39
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   Carpet beetles skins....

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Wed Jun 15 2011 6:04:34
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   Yes, look like carpet beetle larval shed skins.

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