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A small winged bug on a woven surface.Please help me identify these pictures. I have been finding these seeds one at a time and they are definitely not sesame seeds. The white seed picture is from the first day and then the next day it turned brown and cracked in a plastic bag. I am also finding tiny black pepper flakes in bed and tiny flies everywhere. Even in my fridge.. I have been bitten which feels like a sharp pinch also. After much research, I am guessing tapeworm, but I have no clue. Can anyone help please? Thank you!

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Small black dots on a white surface.
 
A bug casing on a hard surface.
 
A bug casing on a plastic surface.
 
A small winged bug on a woven surface.
 

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September 13, 20201 found this helpful
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If you are finding tiny black specs in your home, around your bed and you are being bitten these are eggs from the no-see-um. They have tiny razor-sharp teeth that will pierce your skin to suck the blood from you. These are also known as sand fleas by some people. They are very hard to get rid of and it will take time to get them out of your home. The sacs you are finding are egg sacs and when hatched it will produce hundreds of these tiny bugs all over your home.

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In order to stop getting bit until you can clean up the home, you should get some mint oil and apply it to your skin. The bugs can bite you through the oil and on top of it they will not try because they hate the smell of mint oil. I know this because we have them here and when they come out that is what I use to keep them from bitting me.

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This looks like classic Ceratopogonidae - better known as biting Midges or No See Ums insect. This insect has 4 stages of growth , egg, larva, pupa & adult. The pictures you have are the different stages and adult Midges.

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These painful ,itchy insect needs to be controlled or professional brought in. en.wikipedia.org/.../ceratopogonidae

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