My husband was bitten in bed and thought it was a flea, but I saw a bug that I assume was the one that bit him and it wasn't a flea. It was small about a pin head maybe bigger and it smushed when I killed it. It left a bite that looked like a mosquito bite. Any ideas? It is black and oval shaped?
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Sounds like a bed bug to me. Look up in Google images and compare to the one you saw. If it is a bed bug, there are many more, and you will need to call an exterminator.
If possible you should take a picture of any bug you find as that is the quickest way to identify what you are dealing with.
Here is advice from an exterminator:
Here is a site that has a lot of information about bedbugs:
We need a picture. Usually if its bedbugs, there are more than 1 bite. (We have patients who come in with them). They are oval but a brown to redish brown color.
my first reaction is a bed bug... look at the edges of the matress and see if any are congregated....
so here's a great link from Terminix: 10 bugs that look like, but are not bed bugs www.terminix.com/
Bed bug: copper-brown when mature, translucent white in nymph state
Bed bug: copper-brown when mature, translucent white in nymph state
Black carpet beetle: black-brown
Book louse: colorless to gray/light brown
Spider beetle: red-brown
Flea: black to reddish-brown
is there a chance that it was actually a spider, and not a bug? IE 8 v 6 legs.
Did you keep or take a photo of the bug? Two things that might suggest a bed bug are: bed bugs tend to bite in a pattern, for instance up an arm or leg in a fairly straight line. Also, bed bugs have no wings. They do not fly. Did you notice wings on the bug? No wings, no bed bug. Hope this helps a bit.
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