I just moved into an apartment and have been super worried about bed bugs. I have found two of these guys so far and I don't know what they are. If you could give me your perspective, I would appreciate it!
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This is a young Oriental cockroach.
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It actually looks like a very young German cockroach, not an oriental.
This bug looks like the very young nymph stage of a cockroach. Tell the landlord immediately so the problem can be tackled ASAP. If there are young roaches present, then there are more roaches somewhere.
I stayed in a motel at the beach a few months ago and these bugs were every where. At night, when I went to turn the bathroom light on there were cockroaches in many places and they scurried away. I found out that day what a baby cockroach looked like. That's what is in your photograph. In the motel, the reason for the infestation was a really bad leak in the bathroom. So, it is possible there's also a leak some where in your apartment.
The antennae look too long to be bedbugs. If they were, you would have bites and bloodstains on your sheets.
However, I would trap a few and show the landlord. You should not have any bugs.
The good news is that they are not Bed Bugs, they may be - Entomobrya Atrocincta- is in the Silverfish insect family . They love hanging around sinks , drains, base boards. - en.wikipedia.org/
Definitely in the cockroach family so the species is immaterial as they all do about the same kind of damage - and they are nasty!
How did they get inside your 'new' apartment?
You can also do some DIY things if you ever see signs again or if you just want to be sure they never return.
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As a medic, teacher and foster parent, I have had many many classes on bed bugs. This is NOT a bed bug.
That is actually a small German cockroach
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