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Is this a bed bug? Please help!

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   Sat Sep 24 2011 18:11:04
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   Please help me identify this bug! It was found among a bunch of dead carpet beetles, underneath my kids' bunk bed. The child on the bottom bunk keeps getting bites (after three BB treatments) and we haven't found any hard evidence that we have bbs. Is this a nymph?

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/67919601@N06/?saved=1

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   Sat Sep 24 2011 18:32:12
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   In the closer photograph, it looks as if there is a head and a body. However, if you can look closely (not in the photo) you see it is one body part w/o head.

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   Sat Sep 24 2011 19:46:26
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   I'm not an expert, but it looks like a type of carpet beetle to me (see the far right example here: http://www.bugclinic.com/carpet_beetle.htm)

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   Sat Sep 24 2011 22:25:15
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   Stick the lens right against the magnifier.

   Pic is inconclusive but doubtful.

   Jim

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   Sat Sep 24 2011 23:14:38
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   Thanks for your replies. Uploaded four more pics with Jim's advice. I think the images are a bit more clear now, and you can see that this is only a part of an insect.

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/67919601@N06/

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   Sun Sep 25 2011 13:40:29
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   Is there someone who can look at the more recent photographs to tell me it it is a bed bug instar?

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   Mon Sep 26 2011 20:07:31
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   Not sure what that is.

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   Based on this? no

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/67919601@N06/6180034174/in/photostream#/

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