Diana Rosas

Help! i moved into my new apartment 2 months ago the first 6 weeks nothing about two weeks ago i started getting a few bites here and there > didn’t think much of it Its been hot so i thought they were mosquitoes but the last week or so i get bit every night and its in 2s or bites of 3s its only happening in my room .my husband wasn’t getting bit at all but a few days ago he got a few bites to I have never heard of bed bugs til i started research on line .nobody else is getting bit just me and only in my room .help me figure it out please!!!!!!

Payden

I think I may have a bed bug bite.

On August 6th I woke up and went and ran errands. I didn’t notice much of the bite until I came back and it was itchy. I looked and it was red and swollen, and itchy. My skin has started to peel off a little, and the itch creams aren’t helping.

I found the bite on my foot. It is like a little bump. Now it is a bit better but still itchy and red. Could it be a bed bug bite?

John

I just moved up to a new bedroom that has been sitting dormant for a little while. I’m temporarily here working, so i’m staying in a very small back bedroom. After sleeping in this bed less than a week, i noticed 2 days ago that i have clusters on both of my feet, and i’m pretty sure it’s a bed bug. Yet i can’t find them anywhere?? Am i just not looking in the right spot? My bites look identical to every picture i’ve seen of bed bug bites, only it’s been on my feet only. I sleep in long pajama pants and a long sleeve shirt, so maybe that’s the only place they can bite?

crystal

What about ‘Orange Oil’ for getting rid of bed bugs?

I heard about it in California as a pest control product/

all natural, etc….

If the tea tree oil seems to work in the bath as one woman stated then maybe orange oil might as well and there must be ways to apply it on a large scale as it is already in use commercially….

Orkin might not mention it if they do not use it….could be patented and used by franchisees…

orange oil pest control

Isabella Kolosa

Hello, I found a bug that looks pretty scary and was wondering if it’s a bed bug?

If it’s not a bed bug, then what is it?

Is it harmful?

I’ve included a picture of the bug, just click on it to see an enlarged version.

Thanks,

Isabella

Nicole

Help! I think I’ve been bitten by bed bugs too. I travel a lot for business, and just came back from Texas. I searched online b/c I thought I had a spider bite. After looking, there is no question it was bed bugs (which came to mind when I saw the link and thought of my travels). I am disgusted. This web site has been great. I went to the hardware store today to buy the diatomaceous earth. My left back/shoulder must have 10 or so bites. They have been there for 3+ days and are getting worse. They hurt and I swear my muscles in my back are sore too. I think I found a bed bug on the wall today. I am going to call an exterminator tomorrow as I put it in a plastic zipper bag to show the company, and see what they say. I’ve torn apart my bedroom and sprinkled the earth everywhere. Can you help me to find a reputable exterminator who is experienced in treating and eliminating bed bugs if I need to call a company? I tried to take a picture, but my camera won’t focus on the bug or my bites on my back.

Katlynn::

Just a couple days ago I noiced a few bites I have. 2 on my side, one on my back, and one on my bellybutton. They all have a small dark middle in them. The area around the bite is huge, you can feel them through my shirt. They itch pretty bad and if you squeeze them a bit some pus comes out. Can anyone tell me what it might be?

Michelle::

Do the marks from bed bug bites appear hours after the bite? My 2 year old seems to have hives off and on lately. Today he had only a few spots when he woke up, but later in the day, he was covered in spots. Is it common for bed bug bites to appear later on like that? We have seen a few bed bugs and are taking measures to control them, but no one else in the family is getting marks like this. We aren’t sure if it is from bed bugs or from something else.

Tiffany::

I had a question a few months back about bed bugs in a place I worked at temporarily and whether or not I could have brought them home with me. The good news is that I didn’t! The bad news is that I had another encounter with that place and now I’m a little worried all over again.

After my first encounter my company got an exterminator to come there and treat it. It was inspected and given the seal of approval by the exterminators that it was bug free! When my boss called me and asked me to work that location again he assured me the problem was taken care of so I agreed to go there….BIG MISTAKE.

I was there on Monday and while I’m sitting at the desk I feel something on the back of my neck. My natural reaction was to swat it off of me and so I did but I didn’t see what it was nor where it went. I thought nothing of it as there are a lot of bugs in that place and my boss assured me there were no more bed bugs.

The second day I was there which was today, I was about to close up at about 3:30pm. It was real cloudy out and so it started to get a little dark in the office. I was sitting there at the computer with a book I was reading right beside me. That’s when I noticed a bed bug scurrying along the desk toward the book. I immediately freaked, jumped up, ran outside and called my boss. He told me to just go home for the day but I could tell he didn’t really believe that it was a bed bug so I ventured back inside and trapped the one on the desk in a bottle to show him.

While doing so I turned around toward and old, dirty upholstered chair and there was another one crawling from the seam. At this point I was on the verge of a heart attack as I am afraid of ANY bug let alone a BED BUG!!!!! Luckily, I was smart this time around for the MOST part and I left my purse in my trunk so not to provide a venue for them to travel to my home (just in case my boss was wrong about their eradication) but for a brief period the first day for about 2 hours I did leave my purse on my desk while it was bright and sunny outside (hence, the source of my worries) but aside from that I only carried my book, my phone, a bottle of lotion and my car keys with me inside.

So after seeing the second bed bug, I grabbed my keys and phone only (left the lotion and the book) and went outside to wait for my boss because he was on his way to see the bugs for himself. When he got there I showed him and he took pics and got rid of the old, dirty chair (I think that was the main source of the problem) and when he threw it outside one of the wooden pieces on the bottom of the chair broke off and there were MORE bed bugs in it….yuck!!!!! So now it’s just sitting outside waiting to be thrown away. I have a few questions….

#1: Are the bed bugs going to stay in the chair until tomorrow when it is thrown out or will they just make their way back into the office or into a car that’s parked about 50 feet away? I’m asking because I have to go back tomorrow but I told my boss I am not willing to go inside the office so I will do my work from outside and during down times I will sit in my car which I’m going to park as far away from the office as possible.

#2: What are my chances that in that brief period of time (2 hours) that I left my purse on the desk, that a bed bug or two made its way into it? Keep in mind it was bright and sunny outside (I know they are nocturnal) and I didn’t see any that day.

#3: The guy for whom I’m filling in for has brought them to his house also and has an infestation there so he could be transporting them back and forth….what can my company do about this if anything? It’s costing them a fortune to keep treating the office only for him to still have them at home and bring them back to the office.

Your answers are much appreciated

Ann W::

Last Sunday I started itching on my chest, arms, legs, stomach, pretty much all over my body. I had changed by bath soap and thought maybe that was it. I was also taking Cipro for an infection and thought maybe that was it. So on Monday the Cipro ended and I went back to my old soap. The itching continued. I Then on Thursday I woke up with these spots/bites all over my upper chest.. I’ve notice more mostly on my chest, stomach area. I thought maybe it was a spider bug bite, THen I was wondering if it might be bed bugs. I was freakin out. I tore my bed apart didn’t find anything. I called Terminix and thank God they had someone who came out yesterday. He couldn’t find anything and said most likely it was spider bites.
Oh I forgot to mention last weekend I took down some wallpaper in my bedroom and he said maybe that disturbed them. He asked me if I had been anywhere lately and I told him no. He said I didn’t have bedbugs. Then after he left I got to thinking I did stay at a Courtyard Marriott the 4&5 th May. That would have been a month ago. WOuld it take that long for the bedbugs to bite me. I didn’t get any bites at the Marriott.

Last night I put the tape around my mattress like some people had said and nothing was on it this morning. I again tore my bed apart and nothing. I have one of those Select Comfort beds so there is no typical box spring/mattress. Needless to say I didn’t sleep much. I had the TV on most of the night until around 4 this morning. I dosed on and off and kept checking for bugs through out the night and nothing. This morning when I got up around 5:30 I was itching like crazy on my upper chest. Rubbing my Tshirt over the area. Then a short time later I looked in the mirror and there was bright red blood splotches on my Tshirt. It was fresh not dried blood. I took it off and there was nothing nor nothing on my bed. I don’t know if it was from rubbing my self raw or a bed bug????

I don’t know what to do? I’m going to be gone for a week on vacation and I’m concerned now about staying with family. If I have bedbugs (even though Terminix says I don’t) could I bring them to them?

One more thing I just thought of. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a new bedspread. It was in a sealed zipped plastic bag. It didn’t look like it had been opened…could bed bugs had been on that.

Any suggestions would be appreciated…or comments. Do you think I have bedbugs???

Tiffany::

Help me! I just started dating a guy who has bed bugs I never knew of such a thing until I found a bug on me and looked up bugs. I care about him so I am going to tell him.

Rena::

Hi,

I was hoping that someone might be able to identify this bug bite.

I think it’s a spider bite but am not sure.

You can click on the image and it will enlarge.

Thank you.

ileana::

It’s been almost a week and I’ve been waking up to multiple bites all over the body. I know they are not flea bites because i react to flea bites in a VERY different way. and i know flea bites have sort of like a water bubble that forms on the center of the bite. But anyways, My kids have been sleeping in my bed, along with my husband, and they ( thank God) don’t get bitten. Do bed bugs like something in specific?

I looked all over my bed and couldn’t find anything that looks like a bed bug. I’m pretty clean and tidy so i have no idea where these bites come from. now, i did purchase a solid wood used bed bunk frames,( no mattress), for my children the weekend before i started getting my bites. could it be the beds came with bed bugs? I’m happy to find that the product DE is helpful to getting rid of bed bugs. I’m having some problem finding it here in my town, i live in a very small town and I’m afraid I’m not gonna find it here and I’m desperate. i want this itch to be gone!!!. if any one knows of a website that sells it at a reasonable price. please let me know.

By the way, Caladryl is a very effective product at reducing the itch from bed bugs. you’ll get immediate relieve.

The picture that’s along with this comment are my bites. They are on my right side of my thing.

Cabin Nightmare::

Grosses Out:….. Where did you stay because we just returned yesterday the 16th from Gatlinburg and all four of us were bitten and my bites look just like yours? I called the cabin place and of course they said there were no sign of bed bugs….yeah hello people, you looked in the middle of the day. You wont see them. My bites keep appearing so now I am thinking I have brought them home!

nathan::

Just noticed these bites this morning. I’ve also been to the river, so It’s a possibility they’re mosquito bites—although they itch more than any bite I’ve ever had.

I have about 10-15 on my right calf/behind my shin and several more in various other locations (upper arms, thigh, etc)

Do these look similar to what you guys have experienced with bed bugs?

Chris::

One more thing – when we were getting bitten by bed bugs, my son happened to have hydrocortisone ointment 2.5% because he has eczema in some spots and I’ve always had to put this ointment on for him since he was born. I put some of the ointment on his bites, and they stopped itching him and cleared up pretty quick. The healing was so noticeable that I put some on my own bites – wonderful stuff if you have bed bugs bites! Just a tip!

Megan::

so i went over to my boyfriends place a few nights ago to spend the night, the next morning i woke up to find my side covered in bites, i knew right away that it was bed bug bites since i had delt with it before like a year and a half ago but the thing that i need help understanding is that he has been living there for quite some time and from the amount of bed bugs that were around, they have been around for some time as well yet my boyfriend showed no signs of bits or itching like i was. Now the question im asking is that, he is black and i am white, do bites look diffrent on diffrent skin types? and how are you able to tell? this would be so helpful to know what is going on!

mother2baz::

In regards to charity: I had the same problem. I am 7 mnths pregnant and they love my smell. I am having severe reactions to these devils. My son was attacked too. I took him to the doctor and they referred a dermatologist. They gave him cortisteroid cream called Triamcinolone Acetonide. I put it on me because my doctor wouldnt do anything for me. All of my sores started healing within an hour. They didnt go away yet but they are healing up nicely. I am still getting bit. Rubbing alcohol is good too. You need to get a professional exterminator to fumigate your home. I am in the process,… I just found out that I got infested by buying a very nice looking used sofa and loveseat. I threw it away yesterday. Sprinkle Borax all over your carpet and in laundry. I heard Diatomaceous Earth (found in garden section) will run them away. Put all clothes in bags and seal until worn. Buy bed bug spray also. Hope this helps you. I know how you feel. Ive cried several times due to this.

Liz::

Hi all…
I was on Puerto Rico last week, staying at the Wyndham Rio Mar. I was outside at dusk and felt painful bites on my legs, and immediately put bug spray on and felt nothing after – no itch, no pain.

I Didn’t see anything on my legs. This was Wednesday. Thursday I awoke, and nothing… No visible bites, no itch. But then Friday I woke and there are bites all over my legs. Thinking they were sand fly bites, I started researching. But i read that they do not bite past the ankles usually, or jump more than 14 inches or so. Since I also have a few random bites on my arms (2) and smack dab in the middle of my back (1)

I am now concerned about bed bugs. We left the hotel before I could look in the bed, so I can’t investigate that way. Please look at my picture above, I think I see the discernible patterns of both 3 bites and linear bites, but my husband thinks I’m nuts. They were hard to see, so I circled them in pen to try to ID a pattern.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Cindy::

I have a bed bug problem. Most of the bugs are too small to be seen, but, it has been confirmed by a pest control co that we have them! problem is, they can’t get rid of them!

We are renters, so, we can’t just try another co when management insists on using this one. Every time they treat or we spray, the bugs get real agitated and attack us even more. They are throughout the apartment and not just nocturnal. I found a juvenile one just hanging out on the wall in the hall middle of the day.

Also, my bite marks are not typical. They are just these tiny red dots the size of a pen tip or small purple welts that are just slightly larger. Also, I can feel the bites as they happen! Everyone says you can’t feel the bites, just the itch that happens later, as an allergic reaction to their saliva. But I do feel them and it is having a very bad effect on me. I am a nervous wreck. I am already stressed about being unemployed, having trouble with getting unemployment, and now I have these bed bugs that are becoming increasingly aggressive and large in #.

They are in my clothes, pooping,too. I feel like I am cracking up. I am cranky, yelling at my sweet husband, swearing like I never have before, struggling in my faith in Christ, terribly anxious, etc. This has never happened to me before. I don’t know what to do. The pest control company doesn’t know what to do except for the same thing which isn’t working!

The only good thing is that the bite marks are only noticeable when up very close and if you know what to look for-so, I can still show myself in public without looking like other people do when they’ve been bitten. Also, my bites don’t really itch. I can just feel the actual biting as it happens. No one else (to my knowledge) has ever felt the bite like this. The only other option to get rid of these bedbugs is to fumigate the whole place, which isn’t really available.

Even if we do get rid of these things, we have been told by pest control, that they will just return, because we live in an apartment building and unless the entire building is treated, they will just hide elsewhere until it is conducive for their return. Management will not pay for this unless everyone complains. We can’t move, either, until our lease is up, which won’t be until the fall. Any suggestion?

bed bugs suck! (hey they really do)::

got bed bugs from the motel 6 in orange. thought i was allergic to my laundry detergent at first . they have been massacring my lower back and ribcage for a week.

I found something that works for the itch:
childrens benadriyl anti itch gel (not the spray it isnt as good tried it)
it says: Immediate cooling soothing itch relief stops the urge to scratch , for kids 2 and up, for insect bites and poison ivy, oak and sumac.
active ingredient is : camphor

they weren’t kidding. it burns at first but in a min. it really cooled off and helped the awful itching.

these bites feel like no other itch from any bite Ive ever had and last longer than any bite too.

I read tea tree oil works for keeping them from biting. I’m gonna try that too in case they’re still around.

Hope this helps you too!
PS. I’ve had insomnia ever since I’ve been bitten. I’m sooo tired and itchy.

kelly::

I recently stayed in a hotel for one night. I did not receive any signs of bites from the hotel. I returned home and 4 days later large welts/bites appeared on both forearms and across the back of my neck. During day 4-day 7 I received a few new bites. It is now day 11 and no new bites. I called the hotel and they did not seem surprised. I do not notice any signs of bugs in my home and have been washing sheets and checking daily.

Is it possible that the bugs were in the hotel and my bites appeared in a delayed response? Does this ever happen? I’m really hoping they did not come home with me!

Deanna::

I rented a rather old house last year and cosmetically it looked fine. In the winter months nothing besides mice a few warf rats and could hardly wait til my lease was up!

In July I had a bite, it is still raised from there it looked like hives and then went away. I thought. I have never heard of bed bugs, lice, etc etc, we never grew up with these sorts pf things in the north. I guess in today’s world it is common place.

I found this site because there is one distinctive thing raised bites with it looks like 2 pin prick bites at each sore other wise it reminded me of mosquito bites, Most were raised some were flat but what hit the spot was the pattern they leave. I have got bites in rows of 2 and 3 ,also clusters of them in places.

I have long nails and I know I should not scratch but I did. This happened on one buttocks, then around my abdomen, then on the other buttocks and both ides of my back and down my spine. The scars are bad and are brown,some are fading I hope they all do.

This will floor you, I have seen 34 doctors been tested for all sorts of things and not 1 doctor knew or had a clue as to what it is. I have great pics on my I Phone, if I knew how to send them to this site I would because I had emotional distress thinking it was some sort of disease.

Sometimes they bleed a little But the rows are the pattern of bed bug bites. I never had any sort of bugs and do not know if that house had them in it. I got mattress covers and this new house has all parque floors. I can not see that good but I still found no bugs. Already 2 of these bites appeared on my buttocks. One way I stopped all itching and got them healed was with hydrogen peroxide, I also got hibiclense to wash with so none got infection and Tea tree oil as a repellent, I read somewhere they hate the smell of that.

Did anyone elses bites get scabs? some of mine did. Tell me how to get the pics on here because this really shows bite patterns. I also know if you use a hot hair dryer on your mattress, iron it well the heat kills them.

Well God Bless us all from living through this nightmare. ah THE POST before me yes staph, you can get it from scratching, I uses Hibiclense it is for bacterial germs The small micro bacterial that can cause staph germs, First off I did ask the Lord to help me, I have well over 300 bites!

Ava::

Hi folks, thought I’d share a picture of what my uninvited guests have been doing to me.

We first discovered the bugs at the beginning of this year, after my son had been being chewed on for the better part of 6 months. We visited several doctors, were told that it was scabies, fleas, NOBODY suggested bedbugs, and it wasn’t until my son got up in the middle of the night one night complaining that his skin was crawling that we discovered his bedframe and mattress were completely covered in them. They have since migrated to my bedroom also, and I am also suffering badly from the bites.

Unfortunately, I cannot afford the prices that the exterminators charge, and my landlord says it’s not his responsibility because the bugs weren’t there when we moved in 5 years ago (which appears to be true). I am trying at home remedies currently, we have laid boric acid down today, hopefully this will help.

I have found that tea tree oil helps to negate the itchiness of the bites when applied directly, and I have also noticed that the bugs don’t like the smell of eucalyptus oil, so have been putting that on my pillow before going to bed at night, and have put a few drops in my hand cream.

Hillary::

Hi there! I was wondering if you could take a look at my pictures and give me your opinion on whether or not they are bug bites.

I have never been allergic to anything, and I’m positive it’s not from any soaps or cleaners we use. After finding your site I asked my dad to wash my bedding in case these are are Bed Bug Bites. However, when I told my mom that dad was going to wash my sheets she said she had done them about 2 weeks ago. These appeared about a week and a half ago. They’re not itchy.

The pictures are not very good, most of them were on my chest area so it was hard to get good pics, but these are pictures of the clusters on my sides along my ribs and neck. There are some random spots on my back and stomach too.

Any thoughts would be appreciated,

Hillary

Vanessa::

I have pinkish / red spots on parts on my body. Its winter so I know they aren’t mosquito bites.

I get very itchy at night but every time I check my bed for bugs, I see nothing. I am vexed and have spots all over my legs. The picture to your left shows you what they kind of look like. The spots are extremely itchy. I am also getting a few spots on my hands. Any information will help.

Thank You,

Vanessa.

david::

I have itchy flesh colored bites on my skin and I’m wondering if its bed bugs?? Also my arm is swollen!! If this is bed bugs why doesn’t the person i share a bed with have these bites?? I’m super confused someone please help.

Jim::

I’ve included two pictures that show where the bites occurred on my stomach and on my wrists below:

The latest bite was on my right wrist and this happened two nights ago. At the time of biting I felt nothing in my sleep. The bite occurred next to my watch band in both cases. This area still itches and has developed small blisters on the area. These bites have occurred over a period of about two months. On the stomach There is one in the center, one on the right side and one smaller near the left hip. I need to know if these bites are from bed bugs or spiders. Thank you in advance for this information.

Genny::

I slept at a hotel and immediately the next day i woke up with bites all over my body! The bites came in sequentials of 3 and I immediately notified the hotel manager. She informed me that there has never been an incident of bed bugs before and they found no signs of bed bugs in the room. But of course, she offered to do my laundry and dry cleaning and change my room.

Well the next day, I changed room (in the same hotel) and when I walked in the room, they had my clothes folded on the bed! How pointless. So I check the bed that night before sleeping and didn’t see signs of any bed bugs. Woke up the next morning and again I was covered with bites in 3s! Either the hotel room was infested as well or I brought them from the other room! So I change hotels and am okay for 1 week.

Before traveling back home, I bought a new luggage and washed all clothing and rubbed down toiletries with rubbing alcohol. 4 days after I return I see bites again!! UGGGHH. I checked my bed and my clothes and haven’t seem any sign of bed bugs. Whats happening to me? Should I hire an exterminator?

Charice::

Hi,

I am not sure whether or not i am suppose to write the comment here with the pictures or not, so i will just send the pictures in hope for some answers.

I am living with bed bugs and my daughter seems to be getting bit the worst. She usually has a cluster of 3 or 4 bites but today i noticed her foot was covered in really hard bumps, they are red, sore, look kind of white on the tips and are very sensitive to touch.

These bug bites are very itchy as well but i’ve advised her not to itch. This camera has a very low quality but I am hoping someone can identify from them whether or not they are bed bug bites or some kind of rash. thanks.

jennifer::

Hi, these are on both legs, clustered around the ankles on the back of my legs.

VERY itchy, and when the first itched just a very small amount of pus was in them. We stayed in a very high end hotel on thanksgiving weekend and these appeared on the 11th day after our first night in the hotel. This is day 3 for the bites and my husband who sleeps in the same bed has not had any bites yet. In the hotel he slept in another bed (had children with us!) I think these fit the description of bed bugs, what do you think?

Renny::

December 10, 2009 at 10:47 pm

Hi, I think I’ve been bitten by bedbugs to after reading articles from this site. Here are some pics of the bite that I got on my arm.

I’ve been suffering from it for 3-4 days.

It’s itchy (but I don’t dare to scratch it) and hurt (the skin area feels so dry). Every time i look at it, it brings me goosebumps. I’ve been trying to find the cure to it. Any suggestion? Appreciate it so much.

Amanda::

Hey guys. I have bites all over my body, mostly on my legs, we had bed bugs before in an apartment in April, but we threw everything except our clothes out and moved back to my husbands grandmas house for the time being, we washed all of our clothes of course. When we were in the apartment i was the only one getting bit and i am the only one getting bit now.

We haven’t had any signs of bed bugs again until a few days ago when i started getting bites, i thought it was ants, but i looked them up and they dont bite. is it possible that we brought them from the apartment, and they just haven’t fed for so long? we have looked everywhere for any signs of them or the stuff they leave behind, like blood stains or their shells and stuff. If its not bed bugs what could it be, and if it is did we bring them to his grandmothers house?

please help us.

tyleshia::

I work at a mental health home in Philadelphia and I’m getting bit by bed bugs while washing clothes and making up beds. What can I put on the bite marks to stop the itching?

Keshia Johnson::

I just found out that i have bed bugs and it appears we must of had them for awhile without knowing. They are everywhere mostly eggs and larva in the bed mattress and under the couch in the kitchen cabinets. I did find some that was mature in my kids room in there mattress, but i threw that out. I didn’t know i had them until i watched a documentary on bedbugs on TV….

My questions: is this a problem I can take care of myself, or do I need to hire a professional? Considering we must of had them for awhile for them to spread over the house? Please, Please, Help!

Dawn::

My husband and I have been having horrible bites on us for the past couple of weeks. We have been so confused to what it could be because they were spaced out so far apart in time & we would only get 1 or 2 at a time and we had just bought a brand new $2000 mattress & boxspring! Also our son’s was not getting any bites, and his room is attached next to ours.

We did research and came to the only conclusion that it has to be bed bugs. Before doing any research, I thought only “filthy” places get them, but boy was I wrong!

We got in contact with out landlord about this situation, and they told us the people that live above us (we live in a triplex) were complaining of the same problem. A pest control company immediately came over, and told us they knew what the problem was from. Our neighbors attached onto the side of us, a couple of months earlier had bought a used dresser. Their son was complaining about bug bites, so his mother one night went into his room with a flashlight, checked on him, and sure enough he was covered in them! (GROSS!!!) They took full precaution over there, got rid of their furniture & the pest control company came in, and spayed their whole house down!

Now stupid as they are, didn’t bother to spray down the whole triplex! They bugs can very easily climb through the walls, cracks & vents… (which they ended up doing!)

My husband and I spend the INTIRE day literally 15 hours cleaning our entire house from crack to crack. Vacuumed & Lysol EVERYTHING! Bagged everything else. The pest control is coming to spray the entire place tomorrow. & we are praying that we can save our new mattress & boxspring by getting it thoroughly cleaned and buying covers for them!

We know we don’t have a bad infestation, because there is NO evidence ANYWHERE of any (and we checked many places many of times!!!) We also do not get bit very much. I do know that female bedbugs can day anywheres from 1-5 eggs A DAY! So a little problem can certainly turn into a BIG problem in a very little amount of time. So if you suspect in ANYWAY that you have bed bugs… CALL A PROFESSIONAL IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!

tony::

hi
i was woken up in the middle of the night with a sting on my inner thigh. i got out of bed and looked at the area stung with nothing there. the sting was very painful. a few days later i notice a small rash about 10mill wide. only one bite. could this be a bed bug bite?

Bobby Annoyed::

2nd time I have had to deal with bed bugs.

The first time I got them from a Vegas hotel.
This time, I got them a ranch I stayed at. We have advised the ranch, I hope they exterminate!

Its about 5am and I work up about an hour ago with more bites… three in a row.Anyways, I just caught one and have ziplock bagged it alive. I hope there are no more, or no eggs.

This one looks like a stage before adult

Ive got about 30 all over my arms and legs combined.

They are annoying itchy and take forever to heal. i would trade for a mosquito bite any day.

The swelling will be there for about two weeks from previous experience.

JL::

I get so fed up with doctors who shoo their patients away with “these are spider bites”. That is hooey! Spiders do NOT crawl out of the woodwork to feed on you at night. But lots of other things actually do!

Chances are your bites are:
1: mosquitoes if it is the season

2. fleas if you are getting mostly ankle/foot bites, remember if you have been out of the house for a while, your return will trigger the larvae to pupate and hatch…and then feed on you.

3. bedbugs, which hide in crevices in the walls and mattress, out of the light, during waking hours. So small you may not see them even if looking hard for them.

Bites can turn into sores, and rashes if scratched, and those can both get infected with bacteria. So while the bites themselves are just itchy and unsightly, if mismanaged they can turn into long term miseries requiring treatment.

john m::

I rent a room from a boarding house. $600 a month. The rande lodge Groton CT. When you report the bed bug problem to the manager you receive a eviction notice and are forced to move. I would like to know where to report this.

CT Health Dept / CT Housing Authority I am unable to find the correct Dept that takes complaints

nancy cavanaugh::

my insurance company arranged a stay at a local hotel for me while our house was being repaired due to water damage. my husband stayed home with our pets. i developed a rash on my chest after a few days, went to Kaiser and the doctor confirmed that it was due to bed bugs. I contacted the manager who told me he checked the room, didn’t find anything, and was going to rent the room. I’m wondering what the best way is to approach this. so glad i found this site!

Angel::

Hey Jess,

What I think you have is a case of bedbugs because I went through the same thing as you, before I actually found a bedbug. I itched through my clothes so I thought it was the soap I was using. Before I can give you any real advice I have to try a couple of things myself first.

The first thing I am going to do is have this black mark on the back of my leg checked out at the hospital. I am going to get rid of every cloth material I have, including some clothes. I am doing this because event hough I have washed my clothes I still itch bad with my clothes on as if something small is biting me. Also I am going to Med X to buy some body lice shampoo.

After all of these things I will let you know how things went in a couple of days. If anyone can help with how to get rid of bedbugs 100% please do.

Your help and concern for others is more than appreciated.

Debra Dunbar::

I just stayed at a motel in Dayton, Ohio called The Travels Motel. They have a bad case of bed bugs! my advice is don’t stay there!!!!!!

Leah::

So I moved into a new place and everything was great. 2 and 1/2 weeks in I bought a coffee table and 2 end tables off craigs list. I started noticing bites after that. Could not figure out why. I bought hard wood solid furniture with glass. There should be no problem. A few days after I had a few bites on my neck and a rash on my chest and back.

I’m Still trying to figure it out. Went to a doctor who agreed the welts on the neck were bites ( just not sure from what) and the rest is looking like rash or exposure. So thought I’d be proactive and protect myself either way. The Diatomaceous earth that is non toxic to spread around your home is something I got. I went to a pet store to get it and they only had 4 pound bags. Well I better get a garden cause that’s alot of stuff.

Anyway different articles have different write ups on how to use it. Always wear a mask was the same all the way through but that was it. So you take the ‘food grade diatomaceous earth‘ and spread it around contaminated areas.

Some articles said to put it sound your bed frame and keep your bedspread off the floor so they could not use that to get up and force them to crawl through the dust. You are to leave it out- one article says overnight another to leave the house for 3 hours then come back and vacume. But are you suppose to wear a mask when you vacumme? I didn’t think so but I have a bagless vacumme and my sinus cavities and throat got irritated when I used the vacumme and no mask.

Took another look and it talks a bout the vacumes that have paper bags and wonder if they keep the dirt from escaping into the air better than bagless. Need more info on this dirt cause the bag I bought at a pet store had no precautions or real directions. I know if I’m going to dust to wear a mask, but how long until the air is ok? Do I have to leave for awhile after treating for bedbugs? Wear a mask while vacumming. Also one site said you should put a little of the diatomaceous earth in the vacume bag to kill them. Is that ok or will it get in the air

Amy::

These are pictures of my fiance’s abdomen.

These showed up yesterday. Any idea if they are from bed bugs? We looked in the room but only found one random dead bug, that quite possibly isn’t even a bed bug.

I would post a pic of that but while I was trying to pick it up without touching it, it disintegrated. :(

Andrew::

I would like you to investigate: Powell Hotel
28 Cyril Magnin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 398-3200

Stayed 5 nights in October 2009 in this horrible hotel and got covered in terribly itchy bed bug bites which caused a great deal of distress (especially when I was unaware what was going on to my body), effectively ruined a very expensive and potentially rewarding holiday, affected my income (stopped work for a while) and subjected me to the risk of hepatitis B and risk of carrying this bug to my home. Picture of bites on my arm below:

Management have been indifferent to my mail!!!

thevoiceofpower::

If any one is being affected by bedbugs as far as sickness and disease go PLEASE LET ME KNOW. The government and board of health is refusing to treat bedbugs because they say it does not pose a health problem BUT I have read enough post on this web site to see and hear that there is a clear risk of attracting an illness from these bites so report it so that I can help build a case to fight back and get the voice of the people heard and responded to.

Carly::

I’m renting a room in an apartment. We’ve had bed bugs since about June. The apartment has been sprayed about a dozen times but we still find them. I use to get bites EVERY night from June through August. I thought it was never going to end and then one day they just stopped.

I haven’t gotten any bites. The other day however I found a small bug, filled with blood, but dead on my bed. And I found what I think is a shell on my bed. I’m wondering if you can stop being allergic to bed bug bites? I used to react like crazy.

I’ve had dozens and dozens of bites that would always itch so bad it would drive me crazy. When it stopped I assumed the bed bugs had left my room finally, but could it be that I’m just not reacting? I’m going to be moving soon, and I would really not like to take these things with me.

mandy::

There have been 2 times where me and my little one has been bit by something, perhaps a bed bug. My foot started hurting and when i looked at it there was a big bump so i squeezed it and puss came out and a black thing and it looked like it wanted to go back in to my skin.

Today, my little girl started screaming and so i cheeked her back and the same thing happened and there is a little back mark in her skin and she says it hurts a lot so if there is an answer please get back to me so i can figure how to get rid of it.

Lee Shaw::

hi guys, I wanted to let some of you know that they apparently come out at night time, when you’re asleep, there’s a company here in Australia that has released these special cylinders to go around your castors so when the little buggers crawl up your bed at night they don’t get far, they get trapped in a special glue and die in it. apparently they leave the bed when not feeding and hide, if this is true, invent your own way of controlling how ANYTHING Could crawl up those castors onto your bed!