Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Interactive image map to choose major taxa Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27


Photo#150652
Unknown bug found in apartment. Suspected of leaving bites on two small children - Cimex lectularius

Unknown bug found in apartment. Suspected of leaving bites on two small children - Cimex lectularius
Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA
October 6, 2007
Size: The size of a Flea
Tenants who have lived in the unit for 2 years claim the bugs arrived 2 months ago. What are they and where did they come from. Are these insects known to bite?

Also
You may want to inquire if the resident has aquired any new furniture. They can travel indside wooden furniture and also on used mattresses even if they are encased in plastic.

Bed bugs
Looks like a bed bug.

 
Yes.
These are indeed bed bugs, and they are blood-feeders on humans. Please be cautious in assigning "blame" for their introduction. You might inquire whether anyone in the building has traveled in the last few months, and ask what kind of lodging accomodations they had. "Hostel" as an answer should raise a red flag. In any event, you should schedule an immediate inspection of the premises. A proper inspection will not be pretty. It will be necessarily invasive, and time-consuming (2-4 hours). Should treatment be necessary, it will take a minimum of four visits to insure complete eradication (and might involve disposal of some furniture). I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is a pretty serious matter. While bed bugs do not carry diseases, immune response to their bites can vary from no reaction to anaphylactic shock. Furthermore, the insects can keep moving, carried unwittingly to infest another location by people in an already infested abode. Good luck. All parties involved may wish to seek legal representation as well, as the major fallout from bed bug infestations appears to be lawsuits.

not sure...
Is that a louse or something though?

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.