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eekabug
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 8:46:25
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Found this bug in a towel this morning. Not a great photo, sorry. If unidentifiable please let me know and I'll borrow a better camera.
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Thanks in advance for your help.
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spideyjg
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 8:52:53
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Get a better camera but that looks like a BB based on that shot.
Jim
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eekabug
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Wed Sep 2 2009 9:01:13
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Oh no. Thanks for your help. No bites, though. Is that unusual?
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thebedbugresource
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 9:05:44
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Definitely appears to be a bed bug.
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spideyjg
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 9:10:10
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That is, with 95% certainty, an adult BB and may be a female that hitched a ride in or moved in from a neighbor.
Many people do not react to bites. Unless that came in as a migrant or hitchhicker, that thing has bitten someone 6 times minimum getting from an nymph to an adult over a month or so.
Hopefully you captured and bagged it up.
Jim
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eekabug
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Wed Sep 2 2009 9:20:23
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It is sitting under a glass on the kitchen counter. I am in the process of washing everything in the bathroom and all other linens in HOT water. Stripped the beds and checked all the mattresses. Haven't seen any others yet, but I am 95% certain I have seen this same type of bug once or twice before. From reading a bit on this site it seems I am pretty much screwed no matter how much I wash and boil. Do you know of anyone successfully getting rid of BB's? I have a 1 year old so not too keen on the idea of chemicals. But yeah not too keen on the thought her getting bitten either!
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spideyjg
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 10:21:10
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eekabug - 57 minutes ago »
From reading a bit on this site it seems I am pretty much screwed no matter how much I wash and boil. Do you know of anyone successfully getting rid of BB's? I have a 1 year old so not too keen on the idea of chemicals. But yeah not too keen on the thought her getting bitten either!I can absolutely guarantee you, with proper treatment, you will be free of these things. You are not screwed.
I don't have them anymore. It took about 2 months of hard work but I've been free over a year.
Jim
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eekabug
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 2 2009 10:39:44
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Thank you, that makes me feel a bit better.
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