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   acs80
   

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   Posted 11 months ago
   Thu Jun 21 2012 21:09:04
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   Hi there!

   I'm really hoping someone can help me ID these two bugs I found today in my kitchen, near a pile of laundry I had just taken out of the dryer. One was dead (the larger of the two), the other was alive. Earlier today I also found a very small striped beetle-looking bug (around the size of the smaller bug in the photos below), but didn't think much of it. Now that I've found these two other bugs, though, I'm starting to get worried. I recently bought a few used books and I'm scared they had bed bugs in them! Before I go off the deep end, could someone please tell me if these look like bed bugs? My skin is already crawling...

   The larger of the two bugs (found it dead):

   http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad150/acs80/?action=view¤t=deadbug.jpg

   and the larger bug's underside:

   http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad150/acs80/?action=view¤t=deadbug.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs930.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad150%2Facs80%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3Ddeadbugunderside.jpg

   The smaller of the two bugs, living and in a ziploc:

   http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad150/acs80/?action=view¤t=deadbug.jpg#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs930.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad150%2Facs80%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3Dsmalllivingbug.jpg

   and another photo, without flash:

   http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad150/acs80/?action=view¤t=deadbug.jpg#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs930.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad150%2Facs80%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3Dsmalllivingbug2.jpg

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   Posted 11 months ago
   Thu Jun 21 2012 23:34:34
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   I'm not an expert, but neither of those looks like a bed bug to me.

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   Posted 11 months ago
   Fri Jun 22 2012 0:32:32
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   Those links, which I had to copy and paste to view, all led to the same photo.

   Check your URL (web address) for the last three. Compare with the first. There should be a direct link (as for the first) for each one.

   I can only see THIS bug photo, and it does not look like a bed bug to me (also not an expert, but compare with our gallery of bed bug photos).

   Note to others: if you click the photo, there's an option to "zoom in".

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   Posted 11 months ago
   Fri Jun 22 2012 0:44:54
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   Thanks to you both for the replies! Apologies for the mix-up with the photos, nobugsonme. I appreciate that you responded, nonetheless. I'm feeling a lot better now. Don't necessarily love finding random bugs in my house, but I'm reassured after reading your assessments.

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