# Bug problem. Your thoughts please.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827 "2020-04-01T19:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827/1 "2020-04-01T19:50:54Z")

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So I’ve recently acquired some unwanted house guests. They _look_ like roaches but I don’t think they are. They have a tiny torso with a big bubble but. (they’re black)

And they seem to be scarce. I’ll see them maybe a couple of times a week. And what’s interesting is, they don’t seem to be interested in any food stuffs I may have left out. They just seem to wonder around aimlessly.

That said, I mainly see them in thew kitchen. So I assume there’s something in there they are feasting on. I just don’t know what.  
There’s a definite “ick” factor going on here, but are they really a problem? Also, would an exterminator be able to help me with my problem if I can’t ID the bug?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827/2 "2020-04-01T19:58:28Z")

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I hope its not a kissing bug.

> **[Triatominae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae)**
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> The members of the Triatominae /traɪ.əˈtɒmɪniː/, a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in the Americas include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos, chipos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily feed on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americ At the...

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827/3 "2020-04-01T20:58:47Z")

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Oh, my god. Why did I read about the kissing bug. :eek:  
OP, get you some of that dirt stuff. Diatomaceous earth. I hear it works on any bug. Safe for families and pets.

:eek:

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**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827/4 "2020-04-01T20:59:53Z")

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Stink bugs? If so, don’t waste your money on an exterminator. They don’t want to be inside. Just pick them up with a napkin and release them outside (don’t squish).

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-problem-your-thoughts-please/850827/5 "2020-04-02T02:06:11Z")

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Bugs need water, hence the kitchen resources. It shouldn’t be hard to ID them if you google-image household bugs.