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Difference betwen bed bug and centipede nymphs
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buggedinT.O.
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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 10 2011 0:29:39
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Found yesterday three creamy coloured nymphs in my bathroom sink - an unlikely place to find bed bug nymphs except that sometimes I empty/sort things I am concerned about there. One of them looks scarily like a bed bug nymph, except that the neck is longer and the legs seem to be longer. Could this be a centipede nymph? I know its hard to give an opinion without a picture, but they are so small I can't get a picture with any degree of clarity at all. I have been post infestation for 3 months. I know they are centipedes, spider beetles and carpet beetles in my place...
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oldtimer
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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 10 2011 9:15:12
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Hi,
Yes its an unlikely place to find bedbugs unless they are coming through from an adjoining neighbour.
They however could equally be pscocids from your description.
In this case I can only really add anything with a picture of the samples so that they can be visually confirmed.
David Cain
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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 10 2011 12:59:26
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I was thinking to psocids too... centipede pedelings are really similar to adults (same look, same behaviour, same quickness) but just smaller...
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loubugs
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Aug 15 2011 0:26:20
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Insects have 6 legs, house centipede has more than 6 legs (adult has 15 pair or 30 legs). Head, body in a centipede not like head, body of insect. Really very different animals. A picture would help, but a creature with more than 6 legs or more than 8 legs (except just hatched house centipedes) automatically tells you that it's not an insect but another kind of arthropod.
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