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Oh Jesus.... - Cimex lectularius
Copyright © 2017 Hisserdude

Oh Jesus.... - Cimex lectularius

Kuna, Ada County, Idaho, USA
February 17, 2017
My sister found this on a book while sitting on the bed, please for the love of god tell me that it's a bat bug and not a bed bug. :( I feel like if it were a bed bug we'd be seeing a lot more of them, and we'd all be covered in bites, which we are not.

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Contributed by Hisserdude on 17 February, 2017 - 5:39pm
Last updated 5 January, 2020 - 10:14am

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Moved from Bed Bugs.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 January, 2020 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 18 February, 2017 - 2:20am login or register to post comments

this looks like a true bed bug to me from these pics
… Blaine Mathison, 17 February, 2017 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, unfortunately I'm almost certain...
That's it's a real bed bug. :( We are really hoping it was just a stray individual, and that we caught it early enough, otherwise we are in for a stressful few months probably...
… Hisserdude, 18 February, 2017 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

I hate to say it
But it looks to me like Cimicidae. I'm not an expert, but I dealt with an infestation of these this past summer. Hoping and praying my ID is wrong... If it's not, hopefully you caught it early.
… Michael Hughes, 17 February, 2017 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Cimicidae.
The question is whether it's a Bed Bug or a Bat Bug.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 February, 2017 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

Can't see the necessary characteristics, unfortunately.
See info on this image:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 February, 2017 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
I can try to get a better picture...
Unfortunately it does not seem to have much hair, so it's looking like a bed bug to me. :( We haven't had any bites though, is it at all possible we have just one?
… Hisserdude, 17 February, 2017 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Every infestation has to start somewhere.
It's certainly possible that this is a stray picked up from some outside source. Fingers crossed!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 February, 2017 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

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