Identify this please

greywolf · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:46

Seems I have been sharing my bed with the following :eek:

Awoke to spot a bug on my sheets, after further investigation it would seem my bed inside around the fabric/wood frame has quite a lot of whatever the hell these things are. So pulled out some stuffing with one on it and took a photo. This one seems dead though as the top has sort of pulled apart when I poke it with a knife.

Anyone hazard a guess as to what it is? Size wise around 4mm long. Sort of looks like some bedbugs, which I really hope it isn't.

Not looking forward to going to bed tonight

TommyV · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:48

A herpes cluster. Sort yourself out.

Pestilence · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:50

Looks like a bedbug to me.

Subliminal Aura · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:50

Nice gf

They're all the same.... blood sucking leaches

Fire_fly · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:52

Looks like a caterpillar of some sort.

Rids · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:53

If you have a load of those in your bed I would suggest not sleeping in it.

Banzai_Joe · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:53

Whatever it is it NEEDS to be nuked from orbit......only way to be sure ya know?!

Peedee · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:54

looks like a Moth Catipiller.

Whats your bed made from?

Curio · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:55

Yup. You're dead. Shame, you seemed like a nice chap as well.

Cosimo · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:56

Your bed needs debugging.

joxang · 27 Apr 2012 at 15:57

Pretty sure that's a carpet beetle larva. They usually crop up in places that haven't been vacuumed in generations

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greywolf · 27 Apr 2012 at 16:07

joxang said:
Pretty sure that's a carpet beetle larva. They usually crop up in places that haven't been vacuumed in generations .

I think you might be right as the bug I saw looked like the carpet beetle after it err hatches I guess. And yes I hardly never vaccume inside the bed frame usually just do the mattress.

Tomorrow I shall be bed shopping.

SuperBOB · 27 Apr 2012 at 16:12

Dear Lord. Please sleep on the couch, floor, dining table instead. And shower first.

Admiral Huddy · 27 Apr 2012 at 16:12

simulatorman said:
Your bed needs debugging.

Press F5, then step to breakpoint

Yeww I'm not sure i'd be posting/sharing that on the net

I'm sure you can get mattresses fumigated.. might be cheaper to get a new one though.

Castiel · 27 Apr 2012 at 16:59

Pestilence said:
Looks like a bedbug to me.

Jesus!......does the OP live in Pripyat or something.....that is the Gigantor of bedbugs...... :eek:

arknor · 27 Apr 2012 at 17:03

CARPET BEETLE that is the larvae

Adult carpet beetles are about an eighth of an inch long, and round in appearance. The backs of the insects have much the same color scheme as the larvae. The larvae have small, hairy, soft bodies about a quarter inch long, depending on the instar. The larvae feed on a wide variety of foods, including carpets, furs, woolens, skins, stuffed
animals, leather, feathers, silk and many plant products. The adults feed on nothing except pollen and nectar from flowers outside.

In spring and early summer, the adult will lay up to a hundred eggs, usually cemented to the product, or on furs, woolens or any dried natural or animal material. The eggs hatch in about three weeks.

The larval stage can withstand a long period of no food, and can molt as many as 30 times. They also prefer clothes or fabrics soiled with perspiration, body oils and urine. As with Black Carpet beetles, the adults will pupate in the last larval skin and use the last skin to hide in for as long as a month.

RomanNose · 27 Apr 2012 at 17:04

ANNOYING BITEY THINGY ON BEDDY.

Lukewhitworth · 27 Apr 2012 at 17:10

Basicly the OP wees the bed and they like to live in it

greywolf · 27 Apr 2012 at 17:14

Lukewhitworth said:
Basicly the OP wees the bed and they like to live in it

Be honest your jealous as they chose me

arknor said:
CARPET BEETLE that is the larvae

Yup seems so, although from the bug I saw seems to be the "Varied carpet beetle". Sort of feel bad that I never though to hoover inside the bed frame, and how long have I've been living with them

Oh well... Tomorrow I am taking the carpet up, along with the bed and curtains then taken to the dump. Followed by a good dusting of Boric Acid which from reading seems to help kill them off. Just glad it wasn't bed bugs which seem worse to get rid of.

teulk · 27 Apr 2012 at 18:18

Now i'm all itchy :eek: