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WTF are these bugs?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by JoeTacoma02, Apr 24, 2014.

  1. Apr 24, 2014 at 4:59 PM
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    JoeTacoma02

    JoeTacoma02 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Spring/Summer of 2013 is when they started appearing. They are seen in the kitchen between the sink and the window next to it. They crawl around the counter area and I squish them all the time and rinse them down the drain. An hour later they are seen again in the general area. Fall/Winter comes around and they're no where to be found - great!

    Now Spring season is in full gear and these fuckers are back and it seems like they've multiplied. I felt one crawling on my arm last night during dinner and decided to take a few pictures before crunching it with my right index finger.

    WTF are these little bugs? Termite larva?

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  2. Apr 24, 2014 at 5:00 PM
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    JoeTacoma02

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    I'll see if I can find or buy a magnifying glass to get a better picture.
     
  3. Apr 24, 2014 at 5:06 PM
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  4. Apr 24, 2014 at 7:47 PM
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    I was wanting to avoid that route. The bugs at my place don't really look like what's in the link.

    I got home from work and had a crunch fest :) some drowned from the little puddles of sink water hehe
     
  5. Apr 25, 2014 at 4:33 AM
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    I say they are bed bugs...
     
  6. Apr 25, 2014 at 4:45 AM
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    From the picture it could be bed bugs, do you have any bites on you or you family...they liked my ankles!
     
  7. Apr 25, 2014 at 7:31 AM
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    Bed bugs

    Gross

    Prepare to burn everything you own
     
  8. Apr 25, 2014 at 8:20 AM
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    Nope, no bites or anything. They aren't even found/seen in the bedrooms, only the sink + window area in the kitchen.

    ...And I always thought bed bugs were a 'myth' lol "Don't let the bed bugs bite!"
     
  9. Apr 25, 2014 at 8:26 AM
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    Check your pantry, if any are in there check your dry goods such as flour and grains. Maybe some type of dry foods pest.
     
  11. Apr 25, 2014 at 8:33 AM
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    Just call an exterminator...let them decide and kill them off.
     
  12. Apr 25, 2014 at 8:33 AM
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    wouldn't bed bugs stay all year long instead of leaving during the winter?
     
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    Carpet beetle? They don't look like the ones we have here, those bastards are coming out in full force now ugh hate it. Figured I'd suggest it since they may have different types. I know the adult ones like window sills.
     
  14. Apr 25, 2014 at 8:40 AM
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    Drugstore Beetles?

    Confused Flour Beetle?
     
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    idk what they are but I know they should be dead beetles.
     
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    Definitely not a bedbug, but a small beetle. Bedbugs don't fly.
     
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    flour beetle
     
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    Bed bugs aren't a myth, hell teens here are crunching and smoking the damn things.

    Those don't look like bed bugs that you have. I think it looks a lot like the beetle linked above.
     

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