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Hi there! I live in the Canadian prairies (Saskatchewan) (ignore the geotags listed, it wouldn't let me select internationally). I found this bug on m...
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Is this a bedbug? #866847
Asked May 03, 2024, 12:29 AM EDT
Hi there! I live in the Canadian prairies (Saskatchewan) (ignore the geotags listed, it wouldn't let me select internationally). I found this bug on my bathroom floor last night and I'm feaking out worried that it's a bedbug nymph. Would you be able to identify it for me?
Thanks! Emily
Autauga County Alabama
Expert Response
Hi:
Without higher magnification, it is hard to tell what it is exactly. I don't think that it is. Compared to the pictures I looked at online, this one has a narrower area between the head and thorax and the body is thinner. Did you find only one?
Tim
Without higher magnification, it is hard to tell what it is exactly. I don't think that it is. Compared to the pictures I looked at online, this one has a narrower area between the head and thorax and the body is thinner. Did you find only one?
Tim
It's difficult to tell as the images is not up close and somewhat out of focus, but my guess would be that it is some type of psocid.
https://extension.umn.edu/product-and-houseplant-pests/psocids
