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Is this a bed bug?

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Doggiedog

Lifer
It fell out of my pillow.

It looks like a spider to me but I'm not sure.

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OP, please crop the pics.

Doesn't look like a bed bug (no ridges on the body). Not sure what bug it is, but it looks kinda similar to those, but it seems to have a smooth and rounded body.
 
Yeah sorry about the cropping. I was putting my kids to bed and kind of panicked bc I wasn't sure what it was.

I tried squishing it but it was rock hard. I think it might be a spider or something. It seems to only have 2 body segments and not three but I only saw 6 legs. Maybe 2 fell off when I initially killed it.
 
leckley said:
I would have to agree with that, does look like one...



nah, fleas have wings and look like small flies - kinda like nats from what I remember - the whole having cats in the house thing, bad idea that was...ugh.
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fleas do not have wings.

flea:
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hard to tell what that is, but I don't think it's a bedbug. I believe they are flat. that looks like some kind of beetle.

this is a bedbug:
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It looks like an engorged flea, but I don't think they puff up like that. Beetle seems most likely to me.
 
It looks engorged, whatever it is - ie it has feasted on your blood.

But that could be the lighting...

It does look like a tick - have you been anywhere in the past few days that a tick could have caught a ride?

If it's engorged, that explains it falling out of your pillow: probably just dropped off you in the night.
 
destrekor said:
It looks engorged, whatever it is - ie it has feasted on your blood.

But that could be the lighting...

It does look like a tick - have you been anywhere in the past few days that a tick could have caught a ride?

If it's engorged, that explains it falling out of your pillow: probably just dropped off you in the night.
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Looks absolutely NOTHING like a tick.
 
The legs look too long to be a tick, but maybe... If it has 8 legs, it's definitely a tick.

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DaTT said:
Looks absolutely NOTHING like a tick.
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It looks like it could be an engorged deer tick. I've never seen one of those puffed up though.
 
yeah that's what i thought initially too, but he said it wasn't squishy :\

"I tried squishing it but it was rock hard."

also after looking at pictures of ticks, the legs don't look the right; how the legs extend from the body definitely are more beetle like.
 
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lxskllr said:
The legs look too long to be a tick, but maybe... If it has 8 legs, it's definitely a tick.

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It looks like it could be an engorged deer tick. I've never seen one of those puffed up though.
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Nah....either way, ticks gross me out. I have picked so many off of me in the past 2 years.
 
destrekor said:
It looks engorged, whatever it is - ie it has feasted on your blood.

But that could be the lighting...

It does look like a tick - have you been anywhere in the past few days that a tick could have caught a ride?

If it's engorged, that explains it falling out of your pillow: probably just dropped off you in the night.
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a tick full of blood can be huge, a full 3/8 to 1/2 inch accross. that is not a tick. best guess is some kind of beetle. or is it beatle. 😉
 
I had a bed bug infestation a while back. Motherfuckers use to bite me in a straight line in 3s. No matter how much you wash your blankets they dont die. Eventually I went to Home Depot and bought those mini nukes for your room and it killed them off.
 
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