Ive had lice and flea problems in my house before. But I’ve never had bed bugs, and I’ve never met anyone who had them. Why are bed bugs only found in hotels?

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I bought a new mattress about 3 weeks ago and just a few days ago I noticed these tiny ant like (but not ants) bugs with black wings in my bed. I only see them one at a time and they are only on the bed, nowhere else in the house.

They are about a half a centimeter long, very skinny, black, have segments like an ant but the last segment is really long. They also have black wings but I’ve never seen them fly. They’re really fast so I end up just killing them before I can get a picture.

I’ve checked my kids and had my husband check me for any signs of lice, fleas, etc. Nothing. They look nothing at all like fleas, mites, bed bugs or lice.

I live in Texas if that makes any difference. Any idea what these are or how to kill them? I’m chemically sensitive so any advice on debugging a bed naturally?

I’ve already called the mattress store. It’s one of the major chains who claim to be "experts" if you catch my drift. They said it’s too late for them to help. Maybe something laid eggs that are just now hatching?

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And then there are lice that have always been around. You never know if other people have the same standards of hygiene that you do.

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Im going to a church camp and I want to be extra careful about getting lice so what precautions can I take? What bed bud sprays actually work? I just dont want to get lice so any tips would be much appreciated
Thanks!

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my friend helped me collect bed bugs but id like to keep some as pets. and study them. how would you recommend that i care for them? i dont want the poor things to die. they are fasicinating creatures. like mosquitos. (pure alcohol kills lice instantly) so what should i keep them in? and how do i feed them thank you!!
-fhsss

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cause i haave no idea if i have lice or not. i wa trying on a hat and my mom said it couldve lice…
so now a few weeks later. still itchy
so im trying to sweat alot to kill lice or bed bugs if its bed bug…
is it possible to catch bed bugs from trying on a hat in a store?

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Will sweating for a long period of time and keeping your hair oily kill lice or bed bugs?
cause i haave no idea if i have lice or not. i wa trying on a hat and my mom said it couldve lice…
so now a few weeks later. still itchy
so im trying to sweat alot to kill lice or bed bugs if its bed bug…
is it possible to catch bed bugs from trying on a hat in a store?

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They are NOT bed bugs or fleas (I know what those look like). These bugs are about the size of or slightly smaller than the printed letter…i They can jump and apparently do not bite as I have no bites. I have washed everything in hot water and vacuumed everything thoroughly. At any given time, I can find 3-5 crawling around on the sheets. Any ideas???
they are not lice or crabs…wrong shape

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well i clean out everything close the window and i think there waz only one but i killed it how do i get rid of them if there still there. They are little red bugs but when they get pop the blood they sux out of me burst out and no they are not lice they get bigger if they sux ur blood and i also waz wonderin wat to use to get rid of the bug bites plz somebody help me and thx for helping me

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went to dr..he said i have bed bugs…they are actually in my scalp…no kidding…i was thinking about spraying t scalp with insecticide…do you this would be ok to do…i’m very desperate…it’s not lice …it is bedbugs…hope you have some answers to help me …they are driving me …insane
th dr gave me an injection of cortisone..and some pills for itching…i have tried r id twice and the nix twice…no luck…i put listerine…vasline treatment…tea tree oil. we have vacuumed and done the carpets..done the sheets and towles in super hot water….and i still have them….

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i found bed bugs on my mattress and bed frame last night, so today i went out and bought a couple cans of otc lice/bed bug spray and sprayed all over the carpet around my bed, mattress, frame, head board, and walls with the spray. lets say i soaked everything, and i have a bunk bed so i sprayed everything up there too. but i didn’t see any signs of bugs up there, i don’t think they woudl be on top though cause no one has slept up there in years.
i even threw away my pillows that i sleep on every night.

i am not, at least not planning on gettin rid of the mattress. don’t know if they’re gone yet, but does this sound good enough to you?

and yes i washed the sheets in hot water.

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It’s not lice we checked. there is no bites any where else on us just on our head. there red with a white head. if its bed bugs how did we get them. our bed we got brand new a year ago so are the pillows.

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Something has been making my head itch so bad! its not lice beause ive checked and not fleas because no animals. I can only assume its bed bugs because I itch when I wake up in the morning. I have little red marks all over my scalp. But the wierd thing is that my boyfriend doesnt get bit at all. The other wierd thing is, the bugs just bite my head. So does anyone know how to get rid of bed bugs?

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I have look up bed bugs and lice pictures and that’s not what these are. I am not getting any bite from them that I have noticed, but I don’t want to sleep with them!! They are long and skinny kind of worm like, they squish easy, and roll in a ball when caught. What might they be? They are tiny, about a millimeter long.

It’s so gross!!
yeah aaaaaarrrgghghh!!!!!, Iv’e been sleeping with these things!!
I’m sleeping on the couch tonight!!
They aren’t sow bugs, I know what those look like. these are about the tenth of the size of a sow bug.
Sri V, your link doesn’t work
I think I figured it out! I forgot to mention I have pets, who have fleas, and my dog sleeps on the end of my bed. I am 99% sure they are flea larvae. Very gross. I am getting my dog some frontline today and bombing my entire house.Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

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Lately I’ve been a coward to sleep on my new mattress and because of those bugs I can’t sleep at night. Is there any other way to kill bed bugs without having to get rid of my new mattress, and plus does sprays like lice bedding or raid kill these types of bugs?

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This is about the 3rd time I’ve posted this question, each time I revise it a little because people keep saying "mites" – but these things look NOTHING like any of the pictures of mites I can find. After observing them for 2 weeks, I can explain a little better:

The "babies" are almost impossible to see, and white. The "adults" (assuming these things aren’t sprouting wings and flying away) are only SLIGHTLY larger (about the size of a grain of sand) and they have mild greyish/brownish coloring – but I could be off! At the size they are, it’s very hard to see what color they actually are. I’m assuming they’d look pretty gnarly under a nice magnifying glass, or microscope. Here are some quick facts:

- They have "infested" a fake leather, black table thing. As well as a Korg Triton (a keyboard), and a little white futon with a cloth cover – but they haven’t touched my leather couch ~ which is only a few feet away from my other things, or about 45 seconds travel time for these little critters that seem to swarm in a way

- They don’t jump ~ they crawl, and QUICKLY in relation to their size.

- I believe, but am not certain, they may have been transported from a beach in Southern California, to my home in Santa Barbara, if any bug-experts need to know the location they were found

- I have no reason to believe that they have been biting me, I just get the "heeby-jeebies" when I see them and suddenly FEEL them all over me when they aren’t really there

- I only have 1 plant, it’s tiny, and no where near where they are hanging out

I’ve been given a lot of amateur suggestions on what they might be… but I can’t find any images on google that match up with any of that. I’m starting to wonder if I don’t have a new species of insect living in my apartment…

Not fleas. Not crabs. Not lice. Too big to be dust mites. Too FLAT to be a mite – all the mites I see have big asses sticking up in the air.

ALSO ~ They appear to have little antennae sticking off the front of them.

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