6 Responses

1. Penney

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   But where do you live? They look like a nice little beetle to me, but hard to identify. Definitely a beetle, not a bedbug (too large, wrong colour) or a cockroach. Can you catch a couple and take them along to your nearest Natural History museum? They will be able to help and tell you if these beetles normally infest mattresses or are just there by coincidence. We get the odd poisonous spider in our bed – nasty – but beds are not their natural home. It’s probably a good idea to find out where they normally live before you do anything drastic like fumigating.

   No, not a cockroach, but some of them can fly…
   Have a look at this page and see if any of the beetle types look similar. It look a bit like a bark beetle to me, but I’d go to the experts..
   http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/beetles

2. nfshp253

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   Looks like cockroaches to me!

3. J.M ZMAE

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   they are probably water bugs but be careful …bugs tend to look for dark spaces including ears so when you are asllep be careful juzt keep ur room clean and youll be alright

4. John

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   Those are east-indian sleepeaters

   I would move. Now.

5. Bethany

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   yea those bugs look definitely nasty! I suggest you wash your sheets immediately and have your whole room vacuumed. They could be feeding on some food you might have in your room or something that dropped on the floor. Then I would go to your local home depot and take the pictures and ask them they might be able to suggest you some bug spray to get rid of those creepy crawlers, good luck!

6. Valerie

   September 26th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

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   They are definitely beetles. They are NOT cockroaches. They are not bed bugs. They are harmless beetles.

   It looks like they are less than 1/4-inch long. Very small.

   They may have been attracted to light or to food.

   Again, they are not dangerous, but I would suggest you just use a little bug spray and not worry about them.