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Help!

I am at the beach for a week. Both the mattress and box spring are new and in zippered encasements. I am petrified of all bugs but especially bed bugs. This morning as I was doing an inspection of the seams of the encasement I saw a tiny black thing I though was lint. I went to grab it and it moved. I tried to get it but I squished it, and it left a faint blank mark. I saw no legs or anything, that’s how small it was. Any ideas?
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Contributed by Rphmom on 8 July, 2018 - 12:17pm

Our experts are good, but...
...this isn't a whole lot to go on. :)

If you see another, please try to get a photo and post it to ID Request. Even a small/blurry shot will be more helpful than a vague description.

Thanks--and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 July, 2018 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

why did you kill an insect th
why did you kill an insect that you couldn't even identify?
knowledge will enlighten you and i'm sure you'll end up losing this ridiculous fear.
if not, check out the genus demodex. highly likely they are living in your eyelashes as you read this.
cheers =)
… achilous, 8 July, 2018 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
The poster said...
...that the critter was killed by accident.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 July, 2018 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. I did put that in
Thank you. I did put that in there. I tried to capture it but it was so small it just got smashed. It literally looked like a tiny long black piece of lint. I could see no legs. Wings, anything. That’s how small it was. I thought it was s tiny piece of lint.
… Rphmom, 8 July, 2018 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

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