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Can someone tell me what this bug is? I found few of them crawling in my closet and on my clothes. I'm freaking out. I'm very neat and clean. I don't know why those bugs are there and why is this happening.
Plz help.
i wish the pic was clearer, for instance does it have a visible striated pattern on the outside? Is it mostly flat and very round? Does it look like this?
if it looks like the pic, then I regret to say you are looking at a bedbug. This is both terrible news and not as bad as you think.
the photo you submitted does a bit look like the one I affixed. But make sure
I live in Jamaica and have them also. They are super tiny..have more legs than the one you affixed, have the two pointy things on the front of their head. Also find them in the bathroom, always on walls.
His pictures are of an adult carpet beetle. I've been doing research all night to see if a bug iIfound in my house is a cockroach and keep coming across pics of the adult carpet beetle which is what he posted. I only wish that was my problem. Lmao
So recently, I have been noticing that there are these really tiny black skinny bugs in my room. They seem to jump or fly but I only see them at night when I'm on my phone and most of the time they are attracted by my phone's brightness and land on it.
I can't take a picture of them or describe them in depth because the minute I see them, I squish them. They don't seem to be biting me or causing any harm but I want to get rid of them ASAP. Someone please help or tell me what bug this could be.I experience the same thing. Super annoying! These probably are gnats. My advice would be to ensure your window screens are tightly fit with no holes or tears, and that the soil in any houseplants is not infested (let the soil dry for a few days, and then dump the plant, soil and all, out on a newspaper or paper bags -- you'll gnats fly out if that's the source).
There are different kinds of gnats but it sounds like you may have the 'fungus gnat'.
If you have house plants this is probably where they are coming from. If you have plants, try to set all of them outside until you can eliminate the gnats already flying around.
After you kill the inside gnats you can deal with your plants.
Let soil dry out (they need moisture to live) and usually they will go away (die) but you can take the plant out of the pot and check to make sure they are all gone.
For inside gnats a simple solution is to place a tall candle in a holder and place hold in a bowl of water. The gnats will be attracted to the light and be zapped or fall in the water. You can also add a little vinegar, sugar and dish soap to set traps.
If these are not your gnats then check out links to see how to deal with all gnats:
food52.com/
I don't think you have gnats. Gnat adults are small flies, you can't call them bugs. They are about 1/8-1/4 inch long, so it's enough to see the difference between a fly or a bug. You also wrote that it seems to you they are jumping.
I think you have Springtail.
I found a website where people describe a similar bug, it was identified as Springtail: bugguide.net/
Adult springtails typically measure 1/16 inch or less in length.
Springtails do not bite and their impact on homeowners is limited to being a nuisance.
Part of their abdomen forms a taillike appendage that scientists call the furcula. Most of the time, the furcula is locked under the springtail's body. When it is released, it causes the insect to jump. www.orkin.com/
Springtails do not have a typical respiratory system. They breathe through their outer shell. In order to do this, their outer shell is very soft and thin and because this their bodies dry out very easily. www.orkin.com/
Springtails can be a sign of problems with water / moisture drainage or even rotting wood in your house. Good, stable wood in the structure will not hold moisture, but compromised wood may easily wick up water. Springtails don't damage anything, but they are likely feeding off of the decaying wood, as well as fungi and molds that are developing on and around it. You may also have moisture penetrating the foundation of your home. When you have an issue such as this, it is almost always sign that something is wrong with your home. Get a building or home inspector, possibly even someone in the foundation repair business, to look at the structure of your home. Until you rule out the possibility of issues within the structure of your home, no amount of pest control chemical will likely do any good. They will simply return. They are quick breeding, small and very durable, so it's pretty much like using a squirt gun on a forest fire.
Any chemical would be pretty much useless to them. Sometimes a solution of bleach can get rid of the algae and thus, the food source. The use of Raid or many other insecticide chemicals is often far more harmful than any bug you can find. They also don't take back to the nest any chemical they've ingested.
A simple blow-dryer might be much more effective than any chemical- at least it should drive them into hiding for a little while.
Putting a little bit of dish soap in a spray bottle with some water and that killed them instantly.
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I have been finding tiny black and yellow/orange spotted bugs in clothes. They are small like a sesame seed, but a little rounder. They appear flat and do not move. I have found 3 in various places. I considered bed bugs, but they do not look like the pictures I have seen and they do not scurry to try to get away. I need help!
By Monica from Atlanta, GA
I'm fairly sure that what you're describing are ticks. Have a look in Google Images for ticks to confirm.
Ben
What you describe is definately Carpet Beetles and they can create severe damage to your home. They eat cloth and fiber.
Carpet beetles are not that small or flat. I'm thinking bed bugs as well. Can you post a pic?
So I was cleaning up and found a cup that had rolled under my bedside table. Inside was a spider and a small bug it captured. Any ideas as to what this is?
It looks to me to be some kind of a gnat.
It looks like a beetle. I would guess it's nothing to worry about. Unless you're the beetle and there's a spider around....LOL !!!
In your photographs, it is almost impossible to distinguish this bug. You did not write on what size it is, nor if it has wings. Maybe it's gnat. Gnats are typically small, slender flies with long legs and lengthy antennae. But adult gnats are very small - typically less than 1/4 of an inch long.
If you can't get good quality photos, then write what size it is and if it has long legs and wings like a fly. In the photo, I can not distinguish either long legs or wings, but it is quite possible that this bug has them, but they are simply entangled in cobwebs.
What bug is this? I find this bug every time I lay down. I can feel it crawling on me and it's different colors. One was light and I barely can see it.
The others brown and black have 6 legs and two antennae. It's so small.
The picture is hard to see, but from your description it may be carpet beetles. You would have to vacuum thoroughly, throw the bag away outside, and call an exterminator.
There is a small, tiny, hard to see with the naked eye bug in my bed, on my furniture, and on my dog. I can feel them on my face, but they're not really biting me. They are all over my house. Could someone please help me to understand what I have?
I called the exterminator and they said it is not bed bugs so with this picture could someone please help me identify what is running me crazy?
If they are on the dog, I think fleas or mites.
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