# Something unexpected. And unwelcome.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093 "2011-10-28T16:49:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petrichord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Petrichord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrichord)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093/1 "2011-10-28T16:49:34Z")

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BED BUGS.

In the office. Possibly. They’re bringing in a canine inspection service to check. I’m happy at the prospect of a dog in this formal business office _but not for this reason_.

What a morning.

_shudders_

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**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093/2 "2011-10-28T21:16:25Z")

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Hmm, are we acquainted? We have the exact same issue in our office…

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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093/3 "2011-10-28T21:27:08Z")

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I’m starting to worry I may have bed bugs in my bedroom, or some other sort of creepy crawly.

1. Changed sheets. Found baby spider (or what looked like it, it was very small).
2. Woke up next day with three bites.
3. Mom was visiting, so while I was at work that day she did the full inspection, found nothing in mattress or sheets.

That was back in September and I just thought it was a weird one time thing. But this week there was another bite.

I googled bed bug bites and most pics had them in huge clusters, not just a few bites. None of them had just one bite on them like I had this week. Plus they weren’t nearly as red as many of the photos were.

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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-unexpected-and-unwelcome/601093/4 "2011-10-29T17:46:20Z")

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> [@kushiel](#):
>
> I’m starting to worry I may have bed bugs in my bedroom, or some other sort of creepy crawly.
> 
> 1. Changed sheets. Found baby spider (or what looked like it, it was very small).
> 2. Woke up next day with three bites.
> 3. Mom was visiting, so while I was at work that day she did the full inspection, found nothing in mattress or sheets.
> 
> That was back in September and I just thought it was a weird one time thing. But this week there was another bite.
> 
> I googled bed bug bites and most pics had them in huge clusters, not just a few bites. None of them had just one bite on them like I had this week. Plus they weren’t nearly as red as many of the photos were.

I just went through an infestation of spiders. They were in my bed. That were biting me. [Actually, here’s the scoop in the thread I started about it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627942&highlight=spiders)