How can I identify these tiny bugs that are almost invisible, although they are black? We have almost white carpeting in most of the rooms and you have to look very closely to see them. When you are just ready to pick them up, they begin to move. I now use the method of getting them on paper and then placing them in an tight used medicine bottle. Some live for weeks some so tiny the look like this: ( . ) others looks like tiny beetles. You don't notice they have wings until they are turned upside down. I cannot see legs, nor antenna, just this ( . ).
They have been found mostly by our PC tower, others in the master bedroom. I am going zonkers trying to find out if I need an exterminator and are they dangerous to our health. Anyone, someone, please help or refer me to an authority on bugs. The exterminators will not come out unless you identify them, dud, I can't. Thank you and please help.
By CR
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Sounds like you have either a flea infestation (Note fleas are very small but do not fly they jump) or the start of a termite infestation. Best thing to do either way is bomb fog your whole house. Good luck.
They are not fleas...Its heen quite cool then bam heat hot and these annoying black bugs with hard schells..and tiny little ones size of . they dont jump..came out of no where...i think they are some sort of beetle..I have hardwood floors..through out and l see them all over my house..they dont jump..or bite..of fly..just annoying.
Their bed bugs. Ive had them. Almost look like a spider, except for only six legs not eight.
I dealt with such an infestation no bug man could help after almost 2yrs i moved left everything never knowing and not caring my new house guess lil black bugs kindof swampy area so not surprised hate bugs yes these haven't got to bad they are on outside inside bathroom and kitchen i do find in other rooms so yes don't like but it is teatree oil and pinesol cleaner and water keeps them in control goodluck
There biscuit beetles
This is exactly what I need but nobody seems to be talking about these bugs. This is a huge problem for me. I need to know if they are dangerous or just annoying pests.
They are Carpet Beetles! I am dealing with/suffering with these disgusting insects in carpet now. Last night I finally got a mature one flying ans killed it, put in jar for my landlord so he'll finally believe me.
Hello I know this is from 2019 but did you figure out how to get rid of them? I'm going insane they are everywhere
I have them bugs in my house and they are from being around low-lying areas of water and I have a lake I wish I can get rid of them they're in the house now they've been in the house for about 5 years they say that they won't hurt you I swallow them once in awhile you got to watch keeping food in your garbage can empty your garbage can out keep everything clean as much as you can I'm ripping the old carpeting out going to bleach the floors I'm trying everything I don't know what to do been 5 years almost ever since we put on the new edition I figured that we broke the drain tile on one side of the house I have a buildup of water pushing up and somehow getting underneath the foundation of the slab and creating this problem for water bugs they are very very small you can barely see him they look like noseeums that's all I know
We had a 40 year old carpet never cleaned cleaned I was noticing these black things coming up through the carpet I called him a little stealth fighters. Now I developed sores, which was very terrifying also little white fuzzy things coming off a very old couch.
I use cedarwood oil that was a recommendation given to me, It doesnt eliminate them but keeps them in check. If anyone knows anything better please let me know
I use cedarwood oil that was a recommendation given to me, It doesnt eliminate them but keeps them in check. If anyone knows anything better please let me know
I use cedarwood oil that was a recommendation given to me, It doesnt eliminate them but keeps them in check. If anyone knows anything better please let me know
I know over a year old, but wishful thinking- did you ever figure out what the white fuzzy things were?
I think your problem is even simpler than you think. First if you have an extension agent for your area he will usually come out or you can take him a sample of the bugs and if he doesn't know he will send them to the state university, free, and they will identify them.
But, I think you have a mold problem and these bugs only eat mold, hard to see but with a bright light you probably can see the tiny things on the wall and when the light gets near them they will move. I had to use bleach just a little in a spray bottle will do and they are gone, if you do have mold then you have moisture and that is your big problem. You will have booklice or mold bugs as long as moisture creates mold. I thought I was crazy when I found them on my brand new house with white walls, almost like black spots but they moved if you stared long enough. Smile, this did go away with a little staying with the spray. And a dehumidifier on the ac because our house was too airtight.
It is a multi eating parasite if you watch the tiny black dots for a long time one of them moved I saw his two legs it looks like a dirt spot but it's not it's a mold eating parasite so now I have to call my home Owners insurance and an exterminator that is the answer I finally figured it out
Do i mix water with the bleach or just straight bleach? This is our 3rd year with these little black bugs. We have a dehumidifier in our basement but we still get them until September and then they are gone.
This sounds familiar... New home and theres these book lice looking things & bugs which have wings but they don't fly... They look like fleas but they aren't. We have a terrible moisture problem & I think the dampness has caused these awful bugs to invade one of the rooms. The book lice looking things are even getting into the lte router and extension plugs. The other flea looking thing, start running from under the bed if cleaning or vacuuming. I've tried eucalyptus oil.. It does draw the creatures out. I've sprayed the edges of the room along the tiles & find the book lice dead. But I can't find where exactly they are all breeding..... Its driving me insane.... HELP.
When we had fleas, I got our spray from a vet clinic, best $30 ever spent killed em right away. It was called "Knockout".
they are springtail fleas and they bite!! they hide in window sills and crawl on beds even couches!
NO THEY ARE NOT! SPINGTAILS DONT BITE!,PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SPOUTING OFF ABOUT SOME THING UNLESS YOU FULLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! THESE MITES OR BUGS ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND THEY DO BITE! THEY DONT ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK, BUT YOU KNOW THEY ARE OR WERE THERE! THEIR BITE FILLS LIKE SOME ONE QUICKLY POKING YOU WITH THE VERY VERY TIP OF A NEEDLE, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF DRAWING BLOOD.
Please I hope u can help me! They are EVERY WHERE!OH My car, clothes, bed, bathroom floor, kitchen floor, and the worst is my body and hair. Had these bugs about 6 months . I lost almost all my hair because of these bugs. My hair was almost to my utt and not right about my ears. Thes bugs had ruined my life and looks. Ive tried boming 6x,s , lice stuff 10x,s..and bed bud spay and raid. Well threw my research i think they are mites... Please call me 804_255-4824.. Tara.. Thank u
OMG, you certainly know what your talking about. I have been fighting these for 4 years, and every time I would go to the emergency room because I couldn't take it any more, I was COMMITTED to the funny farm! Five times I was committed! Once I was disrobed, put on a sterile white gurney with nothing but a sterile white pillow and a white sheet. All my clothes and everything I had were removed from this room (I was nuts, remember?), and there wasn't a table, chair or anything. After about a half an hour, I called in two of the guys that watch us through the glass in our rooms, and two of the nurses, and I asked them what they thought these were and where they thought they came from? I moved the sheet off of me and there were about 50 of those little tiny black specks! THEY FREAKED OUT AND LEFT THE ROOM, PUT ON LONG COATS AND GLOVES AND MASKS AND RAN ME DOWN TO A BIG SHOWER STALL AND GAVE ME TWO LICE BATHS! They didn't know what else to do! After being totally INSANE for so long because nobody would believe me and they were always on me, I was crying hysterically and saying, "finally, finally"! So they burned all the stuff in the room, re-sterilized it, gave me new sheets and a gurney, and finally in comes these two "doctors" who took me up to the PSYCH WARD AGAIN!@ They said that their "lab looked at those things and they "didn't have legs" so they "couldn't be bugs" and they were probably either pieces of black "lint" or pieces of "dirt", and again, I was committed. NOBODY WILL BELIEVE YOU! And the kicker? I am still fighting them. Be very, very, very careful who you talk to about this.
I have the very same bugs except now I have to call them SPOTS because no one believes what I know, they are bugs, they move somehow just cant prove it cant someone figure out how to get rid of them
I can truthfully say I know what your going through. I moved into an apartment 3 yrs ago and have been fighting this ever since. I have read so many articles and looked at so many pictures that the only thing Ive seemed to accomplish is more confusing and totally become overwhelmed. So if you dont mind I thought I would ask a couple of questions to see if I have the same thing. First of all,
1. Do you also notice wormy larvae white or yellow in color?
2. Do they seem to be black or brown, different shapes and sizes and some very hard?
3. They get in my clothes and are tiny dots and weave into the fabric? They stick into me and drive me crazy.
4. I dont see legs and have yet to see them move. On ocassion I do see a very tiny fly like bug flying around
5. Do you find them hard to vacuum out of your carpet?
6. Ive have some places where they seem to be coming thru the plaster on my walls and outside balcony ceiling.
7. Ive noticed before they hatch Ive notice some are enclosed in a white cotton cocoon appearing in worm shape.
I could go on and on but the above is the main descriptions. These things are every where and on everything. Ive had exterminators here, the manager of my apt complex etc and all I get is I dont see anything all the way thru thats dirt includingif it dont have legs and you dont see it move, its not a bug
Am I going insane? YES!
Anyway any information will be highly appreciated.
Thank u
Debi
Did you get a solution to this? I have the IDENTICAL problem!
Meeeeee toooooooo!!! I'm sitting in my car right now in tears because everyone thinks I'm nuts but I know what I see and they are torturing my little dog and my life
I have the exact problem almost every one of the descriptions match! I have had them for about a month about I have nearly 100 horrible red bites all over my arms, legs and abdomen. I think they were tiny specks ingrained & eating my carpet. Also in the carpet were white , orange and occasionally brown & yellow eggs. The specs are sometimes on my walls, difficult to scrape off. sometimes there are tiny worm like brown, larvae specks on the wall as well.
The 3 dermatologists told me that I was crazy and to stop picking my skin . My labs came back saying that my body is full of infection! I have been getting very sick, (flu symptoms) and its terrifying! It has taken over my life & I don't know what to do!
I have pulled out the tiny flys, eggs and larvae from my skin. I think they are a bug called " no see ums" mostly in Florida, and the southern states, but have spread to most of the US.
...I live in Utah
Please Help!!!
Omg! Thank you for comment! I have been losing it because no one has been able to identify bugs on my carpet they are black, look like coffee grains, they bite and stick to carpet so tight that i cannot remove even with tweezer. They are also tiny shiny eggs. Can someone please help. They also are in cloth and easily go thru the fabric
My hair is ruined as well. I feel you but dont know what to do!
Your not crazy, I have them all over my apartment. They started in the rugs and no-one can tell what they are. They say there not bugs so they won't help me. I'm not that young and I feel like I am going crazy and I also suffer from chest pains and papalations. They have gone in my linen closet on my clothes and sometimes in my bed. They leave gray lines on my clothes and body but thet say there not bugs. Do we live in a stupid world that on one can find out what these are. I feel for you. I feel I am going to have a heart attack. Good Luck
I have the same problems, exterminators my family my friends make me think I'm going nuts... it's like I'm the only one who sees them! But its impossible, they are all over my rugs. When I think I finally got a hold on them...2 weeks later I see more of them, in bigger clusters and they are impossible to vaccum up!! Please offer any info. I am hurting my pets, I have rooms they cant go in...I have cardboard to walk on... i run thru the most infested rooms... I had Terminex out 3 times, they finally said if u can trap them on sticky paper call us... well that's not easy. I used everything I read to use and still they are in my home. Its 6 months... it started bc my white rugs looked to have dirt in them.. the closer I looked I realized it was tiny tiny worms.... then they turn into either black shiny bugs or white covered cataepillar type things but with no real definition. I'm going crazy, they are ruining my sanity, my poor pets and I can no longer play on the floor... I throw away most of their tots and just keep buying new ones.. please help!!! I am afraid to call another exterminator, they make me feel like a crazy person... and until this problem I've never even seen any bugs in my house with the exception of a fly, or perhaps an ant or 2. I vacuum and clean often and I dont have kids and my pets are always current with shots. I'm so desperate....
The house I rent is mostly shaded n sits closely to the ground. N they come thru cracks or homes in floors or walls. The furnace filter had 5-6 more moth looking. Ive found tiny specks that move around but rarely can get them unstuck from carpet. It feels like bits when trying to kill them. I found small shiny green fly in the carpets n at first glance looks like a dark cocoon but it dark n has a stinger lookin. They bite me n my pets. Ive sprayed n sprayed,
this is true about the bite they do bite however I don't know what they are they're very annoying I had them last year and I just get back to me and vacuuming my carpet however this year it seems like I have a lot more during the couch and the the carpet they almost look like bed bugs but they're more of a beetle looking and they just stay in the carpet but as you get closer to them they do move what I don't know what they are please help
Wow. EVERYTHING you said and more has been plaguing my life and body. Have things improved since your post?
As Im reading everything you wrote Im suddenly in tears!!! Everything you wrote to a T.. I NEED HELP!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME BY TELLING ME WHAT I CAN DO TO GET RID OF THIS!!! In the beginning I was told I was crazy but as I has gone by ..my husband sees crazy things happening to my body and bites and rashes on my children. Little black thing stuck on my baby girls ear.she ended up with a rash all over her body one time before. I have scars all over my hands some on my legs that have eventually gone away enough where you cant see them from over time them healing but I get knew ones eventually. if I get a bite it forms a hole but not a deep hole and these circle white things live on the edge of the spot it makes on my body. Some times its even tiny black things coming out the spots that are on my skin. I had carpets in my bathroom that I had recently threw away because there were tons of black spots all over them. I would wash them and after drying the rugs I wouldnt see any black spots but then days later it was like there were black spots all over the rugs again. I bought this microscope off Amazon and when I used it on the carpets it looked like different shapes of brown things!?!? I also have these tiny flys that fly around my intire house. Ok,we have moved twice within the 3 years and the tiny flys seem to follow us. Ive never had this issue with the flys in the past when I wasnt seeing the black things either or when My skin wasnt having reactions to it all.! But when I used the microscope on one of the tiny flys..its had red eyes and a striped body. Kinda looked like a fruit fly. Im scared for myself! I need to be myself again.i need to live again! The person above who explained every thing to a T..please if you ever see my post and you have found out what pest this is PLEASE CONTACT ME!!! My email: Crystallynn87va@gmail.com Im so depressed from it all! I feel like I havent lived or been myself since its all began/lil over 3yeara. Thank you
Yes!!! My kids were taken from me for a week! My husband had to get full custody so we wouldnt lose our kids! Im still dealing with it myself. Im not insane nor am I crazy but the mess is enough to make someone crazy! Its something that no one has learned about. Must be something that messes with ones that have the same blood or something that we all share in common. Because it doesnt have the same effect to everyone but Im sure if it did... it would be more of an obvious thing. At the time when it all started for me..
I lived near a swampy area
I was breeding rabbits and my rabbits were fur was coming out and getting these holes on them like they were getting Eaton alive.
I first noticed it in my clothes. Cotten material Or like the inside of a sweater I would try to stay away from wearing certainthings. I wore a zip up sweatshirt one day and took a 3 hr ride home by the time I got home and took it off... I had a rash covering my stomach. Red tiny bumps all over my stomach,sides and back. I WISH I COULD POST PICTURES IN HERE. I get told not to pick the spots because its what they look like. Like Ive been picking or itching them but I dont! Ive gotten them in my mouth before. Where my gums would bleed at times and I would alwasys wonder until finally when I found out about this mess enough I put 2and 2 together and new why my gums would bleed Everytime I flossed. Now I make sure I do things a certain way that I know what will prevent them from getting in my mouth and ever since I dont have bleeding gums when I floss. In the 3 1/2 years I have learned to tolerate the issue but I get over whelmed when a break out happens out of no where and when I cant live normal like I was before this issue ever came about. Like when I have to quickly yell at someone to not let something touch the floor because the issue might be with I. The walkway of the houseIts sad but true. I want to live again! Not have to worry everyday of my life trying to prevent this issue from getting worse. I pray everyday for god to take it away. I have tried every type of cleaning chemical there is... scared to know what Ive done to my lungs. I have spent so much money and time into figuring out how to take the issue away! NOTHING!!! The only thing I can think of is up and walking away from everything and starting over with with EVERYTHING!!! The issue seems to be in my truck. And when no one would believe me when it all started so no one took anything I said serious so the issue ended up into my husbands truck eventually that he traded me because the issue wasnt nothing his skin like mine but EVENTUALLY HE WOULD GET A BITE HEAR AND THERE BUT since we have moved I thought it would have taken care of the issue but it hasntz it help low the issue down but we cant affors new cars. So until we both can get new vehicles at the same time and then decide to move because we are renting... if we ever get that option .. is when I think the issue will go away for good . Moral of the story..until you get rid of the issue its going to remain. This mess whatever it is .. is serious and can really play a lot of F*** up roles in someones life to where their thinking their crazy but their not . Its mentally physically draining. To who ever is dealing with this issue .. Tou YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND YOUR NOT NOT CRAZY!!! Keep your head up!!! IF YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR STORY IN A COMMENT BELOW AND EXPLAIN WHERE OR WHAT TYPE OF AREA YOU LIVE IN IF YOU HAVE PETS OR IF YOH HAVE IDEAS TK WHAT STARTED THIS ISSUE FOR YOU PLEASE LEAVE IT IN YOUR COMMENT. IT COULD BE THE KEY TO HELPING EVERYONE. I lived by a swampy area/Clarksville va, I was raising rabbits that I ended up getting rid of because there fur was coming out and holes like they were being ate alive. I lived around tons of trees and wet damp area.
How i can describe them is like a dot or a period. They are in the bathroom, bedrooms and kitchen. They do bite and crawls in your hair also they like your eyebrows, eyelashes and nose. Ive tried clorox, all kinds of sprays, ammonia, vinegar, salt, ane baking soda nothing has stopped them yet. Im constantly washing clothes and hair. If you go to the sink or bathtub and shake your shirt or pants and look down closely you will see them on something white. Also if you cut all the lights off at night and shine your cellphone light anywhere in the room they will come to the light. Were in Mississippi and last summer we dealt with this problem and they went away and now their back again. Someone please help us identify this problem because last week i had to go to the emergency room from getting sick and they really couldn't identity the problem. Please help
Ive even went to the co-op and bought everything they got for this problem still they keep coming. The more i buy the worse they are. They will even get into your private parts. Ive bought everything help someone please. Desperate to find out so we can get them out of our life wnd vehicles
What can I just to kill these things
No I don't think you're going insane if you are I'm going with you my family don't seem to believe me either. They don't see them I tell them you're my hair they make my hair knotty but there's no bugs you can't find them when you try to comb them out they just look like notted pieces of hair pieces of hairs on out a year later here I am all my hair falling out and still see these black twisty like things in my hair also feel them crawling in my face in my scalp when I scratch it crackles on the inside I also can feel the hair moving towards my mouth and my nose
I have yet to find an answer I've been looking for 3 years
I think your living my life! I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! I HAVE them in my car,house all my clothes,my dog has little black spots & I know it's not fleas because my dog takes flea pills .If I start sweating I see them on my face & neck. I'm about to have a nervous breakdown over it. HELP!
Please tell me if you found their exact title, and if you were able to rid yourself of this nightmare?? EVERYTHING YOU SAID....EXACTLY, VERBATIM I AM EXPERIENCING!! PLEASE I hope you see this, or anyone with exact situation. Please!! Ty
Put some vinegar and a little water in a spray bottle, spray the carpet. They will come to the top. Then vacuum. Need to keep doing this for awhile.
If anyone knows what these bugs are and how to get rid of them please let me know. People think I am crazy.
They are carpet beatles. They live and breed in carpet especially love wool and silky things. They like mold. So you have to keep the carpets cleaned and sprayed. You have to get rid of wool sweaters and such. Also stuffed animals are a place for them to hide. Throw them all out. If you have plants inside carefully watch them for the beatles will get into them and eat the leaves. They will eat anything. I use Raid for roaches and bugs and boric acid between. Good luck. Lots of vacuuming. Even the mattress and toss the feather pillows.
I don't believe these are actual bugs some of them do have little feelers on them but most of them are just the six-sided round shiny things, mine are black but they are shiny sometimes almost like glitter. anyone I tell about this struggle just thinks I'm crazy so I've learned not to say a word and just suffer in silence which is hard when it's actually ruining your whole freaking life.
You an answer to all your questions it's yes yes yes, all of the above. I've also done a lot of research and really have found no answers except for maybe Mold Mites. They basically attack me several times a day it lasts for about 45 minutes each time and it hurts they bite like hell. I have fungus lotions steroid creams pills for itching all kinds of stuff that the doctor has given me but he is not giving me one answer.
What is it and how do I get rid of it? I do believe they fly they are so small that even with my microscope or magnifying glass I can't really see the details of their body. However one of them I did see with my microscope and it has a long body with two wings and a head. I believe they start out like little worms because I've seen those all over, and then somehow turn into those little black specs or even glittery specs and then finally into a flying biting monster. They are relentless and it never stops. I'm sorry if this sounds depressing but I have yet to find an answer and I am suffering just like you. I don't know if this is a worldly known bug or if it's man-made, that scares the hell out of me to even think about. And don't say 'that' to anyone because they will put you in the loony bin.
Yes they look like glitter and then all of a sudden they turn black. I've been dealing with this for over 3 years and I have found no answers. I use rubbing alcohol to spray and hydrogen peroxide spray to keep them off of me at times but I think I'm getting sick because of all the fumes. At a loss for what I should do I don't even care anymore it's been so long, I think they're trying to kill me. They fly in my eyes and up my nose to where I can hardly breathe and I have asthma so this makes it 10 times worse. some nights I feel like they are going to take the breath right out of me. Any answers would be deeply appreciated.
I sure have not found out what they are after years of research but I am going through everything that you have mentioned. I have also seen a tiny fly like thing with red eyes flying around every once in awhile. This is horrifying and if I wasn't going through it I'd say whoever was telling me the story is nuts. Very sad world we live in that no one can help us.
One piece of advice, get rid of everything that is cotton in your life because they love cotton and that's where they live.
Hi I read up on carpet beatles their ver very very hard to get rid of. The worm thing is a baby the momma is the beatle that flys in thru window I thought it was just another kind of lady bug, harmless... yeah right!!! And the hairs from those freakin babys hurt wen u get allergic reaction from them. Now Ive got those black dots that cant vacuum up too. Ive used diatomaceous earth and steam cleaning rugs. I think however I might have mold because I live in a basement apartment and around the windows it seems like moisture is getting in. I will get a free test done by health Dept first. If we have mold we will have to move. I wanna tip out the carpet so bad Ive spent hours upon hours tryin to vacuum them all up. Then they look like hairs if u can drag them into a pile they do seem hairy... idk. Ill call the health Dept Im sure Ill be disgusted either way. Ive seen dead carpet Beatles so Im pretty sure its what Ive got and Ive seen the one worm like thing w hairs and we also have those damned pull bugs that roll up , those r harmless they die right away because they need to stay wet and with all this DE nothing can live besides these black dots but idk if their related to the carpet Beatles or not. My family thinks Im crazy too , that its all in my head.. smh lets find out what it is please. Call me 716-909-8356. Ty!
Me too. Such a lonely feeling when you're family thinks you are going crazy. At the Dr. ANY Dr., the first thing my husband is asked is if he to is being bitten. He's not, therefore i must be crazy. Sure! They don't take into account that he is gone 12 hours a day while i am home. That he had neuropathy and CANNOT FEEL HIS LEGS. Nor do they take into account that i have developed an allergy to these bugs/mites and they effect my quite viscously. It wasn't until my dog started losing his hair and scratching so badly that he had bald, bloody patches on his body that I started being believed. Even by my husband. (My dog is on flea, tick and heart worm medication.) We are in the middle of a protocol that will take about 4 months to completely get rid of them. I hope and pray that it works. I will let you know what we do and how it fares. In the meen time please know that you ARE NOT CRAZY. Most people, by nature, don't believe what they don't experience or can't see. It can be lonely and frustrating (I'm sure on both sides). I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Literally my poor 20 pound blind, diabetic dog has saved my sanity.
I am dealing with these black bugs now...at different stages of their life. when they are born, they are very very tiny..a small dot and if you put them in water and examine them with a good magnifing glass, you can see some have tiny legs, some hide in a small piece of what appears as a tiny piece of dust..some have these long tiny & thin black tenacles seemingly without any body, ....some have tiny tiny wings...they love the fabric color white. they are also in my closet now. they are in the carpets, the bedrooms and the bathroom. they do not bite. i put down on my carpets at the edge of the rooms salt & baking powder..1 box baking powder and 1 16 ounces salt (no iodized salt)..it does kill them, i think they live in the areas around the carpets and radiators. every 2 days, i vacuum these areas and take the bag out of the vacuum and you should see all the black dots there...it does kill them but there are thousands...i dont want to use spray yet because i am not sure this would work..i know the powder works but it is tiring and expensive..anyway wanted to post this for others..so they would know they are not crazy...
Exactly, all these posts are my life. I am happy to see other out there but still frustrating. My son is constantly itching face and ears. There's yellow/ orange debris in flooring then there's the bedding and carpetsplus with those strange black hair/spots or clusters. I replaced carpet and had some relief with continued deep cleaning but after 2 months the carpet has turned brown is infested. I put covers on mattresses. I asked the stupid drs and these people called cps. and think they're so smart when informing me of hysterical parasites. I don't know what it is, is it in the house, is it carried by me. Regardless I just want it to stop. I know this is real the debris return and honestly I would've just continued to think I'm crazy and not tell anyone but my son is 1.5 and I see him uncomfortable and itchy. Idk. I guess it sounds crazy but then explain the carpet browning, and spotting coming up threw the carpet not soiled from top dirt.
Thank you for sharing this I have been battling this very problem for over 5 years now !!! I've been told honey I don't see anything, to maybe I need to see a shrink.
Yes these things bite I have even had them on our couch, flannel comforter our dogs fuzzy dog bed and last but surely not least in my hair and our dogs hair. I am at a loss of how to rid our home of these Parasites!!!
If any of you have been successful of ridding yourselves of these Parasites please share with me your most valuable knowledge.
Thank You
Willowsraven
Ive been in my apartment a lil over two years. This has not been a problem the whole year. My husband constantly tells me Im crazy. He hugs me and says he is scared for me! Thinks Im schizophrenic now!!!! Do you have a pine tree close by your place? I have one that hangs onto my balcony slightly. These bugs or whatever where in both my Christmas trees. They got way worse after we put those up!!! Me and both my daughters and even my husband are loosing hair! He still can not feel them and says if he has to look that hard for the movements then its not real!!! If anyone finds a solution please let me know!!! Also, I have a vanity sink in my bedroom. I swear I see them coming from yonder the sink and I guess like filling my carpet underneath my sing. But they just look like a floating Mirage. Like in the movies when they show it hot out and it just looks like your looking at a gas burning fire! And does anyone else hear a slight screeching noise sometimes?
Our house is full of them. The larger ones have a hard shell. The exterminator came and said they are mites and said they came into our house in our groceries. I then remembered returning a bag of rice with those black bugs in them. He said he couldn't help us, he was very sorry. Now what? I'm having nightmares, they are mostly in my pantry, but also in every room.He told me to throw out almost all my food. Even if the box is sealed they can get in.really do I need to sell my house. He had us put all infected food into a garbage bag and get it out of our house. I want something that will eliminate them. Am I going to bring more home next time I go shopping? How many have I eaten?
Sounds like thrips, although they usually are only on plants or in green houses, they can get into the home. If this is what it is, have outside sprayed for thrips and you will have to just clean clean the inside.
I have the same problem and yes very small professional people have come in made jokes think im crazy 6 months no help ive sprayed with 90 percent alchol also not together but vinegar slows them doesnt kill no bites i have no clue
I was doing my homework on my carpeted floor, and then a tiny black bug crawled onto my book, so I flicked it off. Then about a minute later it came back on so I flicked it back off my book and this happened about four times, so I moved to a new spot in my room, and then they kept on coming on my paper. I don't want to leave my room now because I don't want to spread it! What should I do?
I had the same problem! I found the culprit. In my cabinet, I had a lavender pillow (which could be cooled or heated for massages) and thats where I traced it to.
They are cigarette beetles. they are small dots when sleeping. when they are awake you can better see the whole body. they do fly and don't come from cigarettes. Get rid of your boxes right away when ordering online. they can come in from anything boxes, bags, from outside. Catch a live one just use a piece of paper to get it onto the paper and put in a jar. Wait and when it's awake or flies inside the jar take a picture or video then you will the whole body the look up online "cigarette beetles" that's them.
I have had this experience; and although I cannot tell you what they are, washing clothes in borax and table salt helps and bathing in tea tree oil. Also, keep washing and combing your hair and apply Diatomaceous Earth to the carpets and vacuum once a week. This made a marked improvement in our situation. Also pray and ask God to guide you.
Have you tried apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil spray dilute with water?
I just saw an article on thought.co about these tiny black bugs. They are not fleas and are not termites. They are an anthropod. They are called snow fleas and come out in winter. Harmless and no danger to pets or humans. Google little black bugs on thought.co for more info.
It's people like you that keep us suffering, harmless to humans? Then why are we all suffering with this itching, sores, loss of hair, having small worms in your eyes and your nose. That's harmless? I vacuumed twice a day and every piece of clothing I put on has to go in the dryer first and before I go out anywhere which I usually don't, I have to take the clothes right out of the dryer and put them on immediately and run out the front door. The bites are insanity. So forgive me if I think your comment is ridiculous you obviously are not suffering with this like the rest of us.
What you have are bird mites. They are almost invisible, extremely slaw. They dont bite humans but if you get them in your bed you will feel them crowing on you.
Bird mites live in a bird nest and eat birds feathers. When birds abandon the nest, bird mites leave a nest and start looking for birds.
If you had bird nest on or under your roof, bird mites most probably will find way into your house and often to your bed. If nothing is done they will die in two weeks because they dont eat anything but birds feathers. If they get into your bed, you will not last a second night. I know they can cross water barrier and some people put containers with water around a bed to stop them going to the rest of the house. An exterminator probably will not be able to identify them but if you tell them what they are, they have chemicals to get rid of them. Dont forget to get rid of a nest.
Were you able to identify the black bugs and/or find a solution? Ive been dealing with so many of the same issues for three years now. My family and friends just smile and nod when I would tell them but I stopped sharing my experiences because I found out they were all talking about me to each other saying I am basically crazy. I have thousands of pictures but whenever I show anyone they explain it away as fuzz, lint, dust, pet hair etc... I know it looks like that on first glance but these things hid in all of that debris. I am suffering physically, always sick to my stomach (they are in everything including sealed food packages), I have rashes, I had lost most of my hair from the ears on up about 6 months ago and now my hair is so tangled and not sure how to explain this one but my hair basically feels like its inside out or backwards. I just put it up in a messy bun everyday now cuz I cant deal with it. I get how ppl dont believe what they dont understand but they can be so cruel. Reading these posts honestly just makes me even more sad and honestly scared because with all these people having the same kind of experiences No professional has acknowledged this with a name...well other than delusional. Lol. Its not actually funny but If I dont laugh at it sometimes I truly will go nuts. I know Im not crazy, Im actually one of the most rational people I know and its so hard to deal with people not believing me. Anyways, didnt mean to write this much and that in itself is odd because I dont talk about this with anyone anymore but its summer, all my crazy bug issues are at their peak and Im never going to solve this on my own...tried and failed multiple times. Any help anybody can give is much appreciated. Oh FYI in case anyone is interested in what has given me a little comfort...for my body and hair - tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil mixed with coconut oil, neem oil (but it stinks horribly) and eating lots of pumpkin seeds. For my home,
diatomaceous earth, borax when i wash clothes, windex, bleach, vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. None of these things have solved the problem but each has taken its turn on making things a little better...some days more than others. I hate this, want it all gone, want my happy life back, but most of all I just want the people I care about to believe me!!
hello,
none of you are crazy who have these. everyone your wish is granted
step 1.disinfectant spray. spray heavy over the area. you will hear them sizzle and fry. yes, you will smile.
step 2. get a large pump sprayer. fill it with spic and span, i have had the best reaction with it.... dround the area you want to treat, wait 5-10 min, apply again and then vaccume...
if its in your hair use the spic and span ,,,it will take a few times, leave it in for about 15 min then rinse.
if on skin,,,, use potroulm jellyto cover the area, if it is a coodie it will rase up into jelly and quick;y wipe away.
Ok so these ARE carpet beetles. From the black spots to EVERYTHING! you may have noticed hard shells that are mistaken for food or trash but this is a cocoon.Heres why. I bought a rug when my twins were born in a rental house we moved into with a basement. The carpet Beatles were infested in this rug we bought from the manufacturer and my newborn twins stayed sick - one ended up in the hospital and could barely breathe the doctor said they had severe asthma. One day I saw what I thought were maggots crawling on the floor so I threw the rug away. The babies got miraculously better. After a few months I put a mattress in the den for us to sleep on as they got older then I started seeing bugs everywhere and they started getting bites. There was constantly black stuff all in the mattress. At first I thought it was bed bugs. Set traps but nothing ever in traps. Then it got worse different stages. Hired a pest control guy. He said it was carpet beetles and they would go away for a little while then I started noticing these fibers, lint, and hairs and threads all around the house all wound up in balls and they were EVERYWHERE looked like they had tiny larvae in them and the black spots never went away. On my hardwood floors counters and walls there were hard egglike thinks I would have to scratch off almost embedded into the walls. These ended up bring CLOTHES MOTHS- reason being Clothes Moths feed on Carpet Beetles and fibers - the fibers cause an allergic reaction- they embed their self in your clothes and got all in my car then he sprayed for those- THEN after that I started seeing EARWIGS- well earwigs also feed on dead carcasses and like moist places like basements thats a lot of the reason why you see small tiny shiny pieces of specks bc these are where the bugs have eaten parts of other bugs and they are like crumbs basically - I just moved into a new house and I am actually seeing MORE black things and the stuff Ive been sweeping up than ever before but no live bugs so Im wondering if its because pest control came out and they have all died or its bc they got disturbed snd its just a new stage and are trying to find a better place to hide. Or maybe they want to leave bc the air is not as moist as before. Hopefully thats it. Believe me I have had to learn to live with this as soon as I learned nobody was believing me and the looks of me being crazy and the thought of my babies getting taken from me I had to try to just try to deal with it - but Im not really - deep down its driving me insane! - You will see a variety of the critters and a variety of stages and it will confuse you and there is a sticky substance on all of them - but the clothes moths drive me the craziest along with all the excess stuff that gets left on our sheets and floors EVERYDAY!! - the clothes moths make its cocoons with food debris and fibers from clothes, lint, dust or hairs and the larvae are so tiny that just twirl around in there - they also get in your hair on your animals and stuffed animals- Ive also got some sort of beetle eating away at or furniture on our dresser and kind of like the moth it is making a cocoon from the wood - food be the moth but who knows. So since this hasnt worked the pest control guy said we could do a bomb and leave the house for a few days and before I buy new furniture before I get taxes thats what Im going to do. Throw away wool sweater and and feather pillows and down pillows or comforters carpet beetles and moths live those- this is all of yalls problems- the black specks are sometimes bugs or their fescues. Although, it could also be mold spores too. They all look different just wear 2 pairs of gloves when cleaning and put tea tree oil on hands before hand and use tea tree shampoo - that should scare them away - I was thinking about getting one of the oil diffuser and put the tea tree scent in it - I did spray around the bed with it once and they hated that and lemon grass scent- hope this helps anyone struggling with this!
Ok so these ARE carpet beetles. From the black spots to EVERYTHING! you may have noticed hard shells that are mistaken for food or trash but this is a cocoon.Heres why. I bought a rug when my twins were born in a rental house we moved into with a basement. The carpet Beatles were infested in this rug we bought from the manufacturer and my newborn twins stayed sick - one ended up in the hospital and could barely breathe the doctor said they had severe asthma. One day I saw what I thought were maggots crawling on the floor so I threw the rug away. The babies got miraculously better. After a few months I put a mattress in the den for us to sleep on as they got older then I started seeing bugs everywhere and they started getting bites. There was constantly black stuff all in the mattress. At first I thought it was bed bugs. Set traps but nothing ever in traps. Then it got worse different stages. Hired a pest control guy. He said it was carpet beetles and they would go away for a little while then I started noticing these fibers, lint, and hairs and threads all around the house all wound up in balls and they were EVERYWHERE looked like they had tiny larvae in them and the black spots never went away. On my hardwood floors counters and walls there were hard egglike thinks I would have to scratch off almost embedded into the walls. These ended up bring CLOTHES MOTHS- reason being Clothes Moths feed on Carpet Beetles and fibers - the fibers cause an allergic reaction- they embed their self in your clothes and got all in my car then he sprayed for those- THEN after that I started seeing EARWIGS- well earwigs also feed on dead carcasses and like moist places like basements thats a lot of the reason why you see small tiny shiny pieces of specks bc these are where the bugs have eaten parts of other bugs and they are like crumbs basically - I just moved into a new house and I am actually seeing MORE black things and the stuff Ive been sweeping up than ever before but no live bugs so Im wondering if its because pest control came out and they have all died or its bc they got disturbed snd its just a new stage and are trying to find a better place to hide. Or maybe they want to leave bc the air is not as moist as before. Hopefully thats it. Believe me I have had to learn to live with this as soon as I learned nobody was believing me and the looks of me being crazy and the thought of my babies getting taken from me I had to try to just try to deal with it - but Im not really - deep down its driving me insane! - You will see a variety of the critters and a variety of stages and it will confuse you and there is a sticky substance on all of them - but the clothes moths drive me the craziest along with all the excess stuff that gets left on our sheets and floors EVERYDAY!! - the clothes moths make its cocoons with food debris and fibers from clothes, lint, dust or hairs and the larvae are so tiny that just twirl around in there - they also get in your hair on your animals and stuffed animals- Ive also got some sort of beetle eating away at or furniture on our dresser and kind of like the moth it is making a cocoon from the wood - food be the moth but who knows. So since this hasnt worked the pest control guy said we could do a bomb and leave the house for a few days and before I buy new furniture before I get taxes thats what Im going to do. Throw away wool sweater and and feather pillows and down pillows or comforters carpet beetles and moths live those- this is all of yalls problems- the black specks are sometimes bugs or their fescues. Although, it could also be mold spores too. They all look different just wear 2 pairs of gloves when cleaning and put tea tree oil on hands before hand and use tea tree shampoo - that should scare them away - I was thinking about getting one of the oil diffuser and put the tea tree scent in it - I did spray around the bed with it once and they hated that and lemon grass scent- hope this helps anyone struggling with this!
I know this is years later and I'm sure nobody from all the original post will read this but I just want to reach out and say thank you because I literally felt like I'm going insane and going insane and the exterminator thinks I'm on drugs. My daughter's friend left a sleep over because she's in them but nobody ever believes me so thank you everybody.
I cant believe I found this! You guys have all given me a bit of HOPE!! I have everything g you guys are saying including ruining my life and everyone thinking Im crazy. Last post was last year someone please let me know how you are doing. God bless you all. Seriously. This is the toughest thing Ive ever had to deal with in my life and feel so aloneand scared. And at this point Im kind of hoping I am crazy because I cant do this anymore. Thank you to anyone reading this.
Tami
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