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getting bites, found strange insect, need ID.

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dwang4

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Posted 1 year ago
Thu Mar 8 2012 22:44:05
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I've been getting clusters of mosquito like bites on my body, and so has my girlfriend. She started getting them first. I've been seeing dead ones of these bugs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/music-is-love/6819687704/
i might have killed a bed bug a week ago, before bites started appearing, but i didn't save it...
i've cleaned by room and washed all of my bedding and clothes, didn't find anything else. i'm still getting bitten though.
i live in a walk up in brooklyn, should i call my landlord?
thanks.
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Posted 1 year ago
Thu Mar 8 2012 23:26:23
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Hi,

The pictures is of sow bugs or pill millipedes, technically they are not insects and most homes have them if you look hard enough.

David Cain
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dwang4

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Posted 1 year ago
Thu Mar 8 2012 23:48:47
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/music-is-love/6819820174/in/photostream
well i just found this....
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Posted 1 year ago
Fri Mar 9 2012 0:15:06
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Are there any cast skins?
dwang4

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Fri Mar 9 2012 1:05:04
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yup.yup. i can upload photos tomorrow. how many do i need to convince my landlord? because there's one or two coupled in a giant dust ball with other bug skins. or should i just go find someone myself? or do both?
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Fri Mar 9 2012 5:57:09
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Faecal spots look more from cockroaches than from BBs...
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Posted 1 year ago
Fri Mar 9 2012 8:00:39
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I would be interested in seeing more images of the skins and any samples.

At this stage though I am not convinced its bedbugs based on the images.

David
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Posted 1 year ago
Fri Mar 9 2012 10:33:43
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Holy crap dwang, get out of the house at once !

Not because you have bugs but your penny is tails and that's supposed to be bad luck.

OK more seriously:

> As DC states, sow bugs, not a huge pest issue.

As for the fecal stain photos:

> Where are they located?

> Can you clean them off so we can tell if we get more activity?

> How long have they been there/when did you first notice them?

> I agre with Effici as they do appear to be german cockroach fecal stains as I'd expect to find in kitchen cabinets.

Hope this helps, have a great day ! paul b.
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Fri Mar 9 2012 22:55:32
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Not sure if the small pale white objects on the vertical portion on the right side are eggs or not. But the creatures around the coin are isopods, sowbugs.