| tforms1@yahoo.com 2006-06-07, 5:21 pm |
| I just got a call from the pest control specialist that I left the bug
with.
He said it looks like a "so-sid"? Sow-Sid? soe-sid? sow-id?
Does anyone know how to spell it? I can not find it on google.
He said they are common, if I stuck tape on the carpet, I might even
find some.
BUT, he did said he cannot say 100% that it is not a bed bug because
the speciman was so small.
But he does not believe it is.
Thanks
tforms1@yahoo.com wrote:
> First, I live in the suburbs of NYC. So not as many insects as there
> would be in other locations. (Atlanta, Texas, etc)
> But I have been traveling to upstate NY for work during the week (stay
> in a hotel)
> Ok, I stated in another post that I cleaned up the clutter around my
> bed and noticed 4 bugs:
> 1. Spider
> 2. Sow bug
> 3. Small white bug - looked like a piece of rice, but smaller, in the
> past have found it on old papers
> 4. brown/darker bug, looked like 3 but darker, perhaps brown...dirty
> white.
>
> I have been doing a lot of research on google lately, and I am pretty
> sure insect #3 is a book louse/lice.
>
> Now last night in my hotel room, I caught a bug.
> I think it looked similiar to #4 (I think, cant remember what 4 looked
> like).
> It was small, like a piece of rice, but probably half as long.
> Did not notice legs, but the antennas were noticeable.
> Moved quicker than I thought it would have.
>
> Trapped it under a cup but killed it by mistake.
> Took it to a Pest control company today for ID, but the gentleman said
> he would have to use a microscope as it was VERY tiny, very tough to
> see.
> He said he is not sure if he could ID it, since it is just a speck.
> He did show me some adult bed bugs, seeing it in person is a lot
> different from pictures.
> They were bigger than I thought (non-engorged though, so they were
> flat)
> They were a little smaller than the size of Lincoln's head on a penny.
> Normal size?
> They were pretty oval in size, almost round.
> And the horizontal lines across its back was pretty noticeable.
>
> The bug from last night, was about the size of the "i" in Liberty on a
> Dime (not penny)
>
> But it was not oval, it was like a piece of rice, straight up and down
> almost.
> Just about twice as long as it was wide.
> Like insect #3 (lice)
> but it was a darker color, like black.
> I caught it on the bed around 11pm.
>
> So in conclusion, the bug from last night was a lot smaller than a bed
> bug, and was not oval like a bed bug.
> did not have noticeable horizontal lines.
> Could it have been a nymph, or a different type of bug?
> What type could it have been? (so I can look for a picture and see)
>
> Thanks!
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He said it looks like a "so-sid"? Sow-Sid? soe-sid? sow-id?