Tiny black bug near bed

NJLH

For the 2nd time in a couple of weeks, I found a tiny black crawling dot near my DDs bed. It looks like a piece of lint...then I see tiny legs with a hard shell. I have an exterminator coming to look next week. He said what I described doesnt sound like a bedbug....my fear. But I wonder what it could be. I;m totally repulsed thinking there are bugs near her bed. Anyone familiar with this? Thanks.

jessNdean

my mother in law is giong through that right now. that is my biggest fear. she didn't have a huge problem but after the exterminator she sound like 2 since then (been 3 weeks now) I HATE going there and when I do (we live in walking distance) when we come home, even how cold it is i strip us all down because i will freak! i check the beds every day! and then i become very itchy! I hope its not bed bugs! check under her sheets. and if she has a bedframe to check in the cracks of the bedframe because when they are "nesting" they tend to go in small areas.

biochemgirl

Is it very small?  Culd it be a stink bug?  They have a sort of hexagon-shaped shell

smw42

It almost sounds like a flea to me? Doesn't sound like a bed bug though.

tara07733

biochemgirl:

Is it very small?  Culd it be a stink bug?  They have a sort of hexagon-shaped shell

I've never seen a stinkbug that small (op said it looks like a specks) though I suppose it could possibly be newly born ones since they could be 'winterizing' in the house.

tara07733

biochemgirl:

Is it very small?  Culd it be a stink bug?  They have a sort of hexagon-shaped shell

I've never seen a stinkbug that small (op said it looks like a specks) though I suppose it could possibly be newly born ones since they could be 'winterizing' in the house.

tara07733

biochemgirl:

Is it very small?  Culd it be a stink bug?  They have a sort of hexagon-shaped shell

I've never seen a stinkbug that small (op said it looks like a specks) though I suppose it could possibly be newly born ones since they could be 'winterizing' in the house.

NJLH

Now I'm googling all sorts of bug pix. I wonder if we could have fleas with no pets.Stink bug is an interesting thought...I dont smell anything. Eww....I just want whatever these are gone :-(

tara07733

Sorry for the duplicates. It wont let me delete them.

AmyRob04

You'll only smell a stink bug if you crush it, or suck it up in your vaccuum. They're like the size of your pinky nail. We get them sometimes and I always think it's a piece of fuzz or lint or something until I bend down to pick it up.

biochemgirl

AmyRob04:

You'll only smell a stink bug if you crush it, or suck it up in your vaccuum. They're like the size of your pinky nail. We get them sometimes and I always think it's a piece of fuzz or lint or something until I bend down to pick it up.

Scarlett hates stink bugs-she alerts us to any that she sees.  Thsi morning she started crying around 5 but I let her be since that's a bit too early for her to get up and have a good day, and after a few minutes she went back to sleep.  When I went in to get her up for the day she told me she was crying b/c a bug was on her hand and she watned me to take it off.  I hope she was dreaming and that it wasn't for real-I'd feel so bad!

Brusher

maybe it's a carpet beetle? they are very tiny like a few millimeters in length.

JAM2000

maybe I'm wrong but I thought bed bugs are more likely to be found during the warmer months.
Perhaps its a carpet beetle like the pp said.

Chele

Bed bugs are reddish. I saw them in action at a B&B we once stayed in (the room next door to ours).