Night Time Insect Bites
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Two nights ago, something bit the crap out of me in my sleep. The bites actually itched more on the second day, today, than the first. There are probably half a dozen of them on my leg, one on my arm.. Yesterday I tore my bedroom apart, sprayed insecticide in my windows and floor. I don't think it bit me last night, although I'm not sure I remember having the bite on my arm yesterday and I'm not sure I haven't been bit before and didn't realize it until a few nights ago.
I can only assume it's a spider that found it's way in, escaping the colder nights we've been having. At least, that's my hope. I've heard of bed bug outbreaks that have been happening more and more these days and I hope to god it's not that. I'm getting insomnia just thinking about some creature waiting for me to fall asleep then having it's dinner.
Anyone having/had the same problem? Is this a common thing this time of year? Is it most likely a spider that will go away or die? How do you tell if it's bed bugs?
If I find this thing, it is going to die a slow and horrible death. :twisted:
I can only assume it's a spider that found it's way in, escaping the colder nights we've been having. At least, that's my hope. I've heard of bed bug outbreaks that have been happening more and more these days and I hope to god it's not that. I'm getting insomnia just thinking about some creature waiting for me to fall asleep then having it's dinner.
Anyone having/had the same problem? Is this a common thing this time of year? Is it most likely a spider that will go away or die? How do you tell if it's bed bugs?
If I find this thing, it is going to die a slow and horrible death. :twisted:
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To see if you have bed bugs, you'd have to strip your bed and look in the mattress binding creases, between the mattress and box spring etc. Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bugs
Interesting and a little disturbing....they are like mini cockroaches.
I'd rather get bitten by spiders..I think.....
- Christopher McCandless
I can't imagine where I would have picked up bed bugs, although I do live in an old 30 unit apartment complex.
If it's bed bugs and the landlord or exterminator can't help me, I'm getting the hell out and leaving my belongings.
Most likely, all these recent news stories just have me on edge.
Oh, could be fleas too...if your apt building allows pets, it could be a flea infestation. Can't really 'look' for fleas as they bounce all over the place...Apt manager would prob bomb your apt, but I hate that stuff.
- Christopher McCandless
Yup. sounds like Bed Bugs.
Here is how you can tell. The bites are grouped in 1-5 bites, or you have a line of bites.
Bed Bugs don't stay on the bed, they hide in an 8 foot radius around (and in/under/in the seams of) your bed.
One example would be them hiding in a screw hole, or in an electrical outlet that has a hole somewhere on the edges.
Here are some classic Bed Bug bite pics:
http://www.google.com/images?q=bed+bug+ ... 15&bih=651
and some of fleas:
http://www.google.com/images?q=flea+bit ... 15&bih=651
I would hope they are fleas as I think they are easier to get rid of.
in the summer of 2008 i think it was, i felt a nip at my foot in the middle of the night, thought nothing of it
couple days later my shoe didn't fit anymore, and upon close inspection saw 2 bite marks
was bit by a white tail spider and my foot was slowly becoming infected. only trouble was i had an allergic reaction to the erythromycin
fucking spiders
Shit, don't scare me!
It was only one night so far, three nights ago. Nothing since. Not as bad as the pictures above, but worse than mosquito bites.
I recently bough a big tropical plant and set it right next to my bed. I threw it away the day after the attack. Hopefully that bastard that did this went away with it.