There are several creatures commonly mistaken for bed bugs by people who have not seen bed bugs or haven’t seen different life stages of bed bugs.
Booklice (a type of psocid) are often confused for bed bug nymphs:
Photo courtesy of LieutenantDan.
Spider Beetles are often confused for adult bed bugs:
Photo courtesy of Lou Sorkin.
The presence of these creatures may mean you do not have bed bugs. In some cases, it may also mean you have bed bugs and something else, and just have not seen the bed bugs yet.
To determine if you also have bed bugs, click here to see photos of bed bugs and signs of bed bugs.
Got other imposters to add? Click below to leave a comment and link to a photo of the culprit!
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Booklice vs. bed bug nymphsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 13:44:19
This is a booklouse. Several bedbuggers have mistaken them for bed bug nymphs. Notice the shape of the body is elongated, with three clear segments. There’s a pronounced head.
Compare this photo from L. Sorkin and R. Mercurio of a bed bug nymph:
Both are light colored but the bed bug nymph has a less elongated body. It doesn’t look like it has a neck, whereas the booklouse does. The bed bug nymph is clear but will become red when it has fed. Thanks to reader DJR for shar...
more Bed bugs bite gospel group, Milford, ConnecticutFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-09 08:06:16
A gospel music group, Doc Mackenzie and the Hi-Lites, claim they were bitten by bed bugs in a Comfort Inn in Milford, Connecticut, according to News Channel 8 (WTNH). (Click the tiny video camera symbol to see the report.)
The group was in town for a concert and had a music video to shoot that day. Several members had allergic reactions including swollen eyes. Some of the men caught several bed bug samples in a jar. Maybe they’ll call the health department?
The group ...
more HPD seminar will be coming to Greenpoint– thanks to community lobbyists!From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 09:11:26
I know the NYC Housing and Preservation Department’s bed bug seminars are not perfect. But wouldn’t you rather your neighbors had access to one, rather than not?
I say yes, especially if you live in Greenpoint. Greenpointers and their Williamsburg neighbors are seriously bedbugged.
So, Miss Heather of newyorkshitty.com and her friend Ann Kansfield (the Co-Pastor of the Greenpoint Reformed Church) worked together and got HPD to agree to come to Greenpoint. So far, this i...
more Bed bug dogs in the newsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 07:44:22
Lots of press abounding on the busy bed bug dogs at Advanced k9, based in Connecticut. There have been a number of other articles this week along the same lines.
Bed bugs are very difficult to detect and a bed bug sniffing dog does appear to give you a really good shot at detecting bed bugs in the home or in a business.
But I am not sure hotelchatter.com is right in suggesting dogs have a 100% success rate in sniffing out bed bugs. Is this really possible?!
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