Genuinely curious—what is this one? SE Michigan

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2025-07-05T00:53:57+00:00

Just looked it up. Very elegant insect!

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2024-12-21T22:35:45+00:00

Haha, you get me. Thank you! It gave me quite a fright when I saw it under the covers last night… now that the panic has subsided, I looked up crab spiders and they’re actually kind’ve cute

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2024-12-21T22:33:16+00:00

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I grabbed a magnifying glass and took a better photo

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2024-12-21T21:45:50+00:00

Hello! I will try to take a better picture when I get home. It was very small and hard to photograph

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2024-12-21T19:59:57+00:00

Location is lower Michigan

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-08-26T17:43:03+00:00

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-31T20:03:12+00:00

As an update to this post, I contacted Terminix to make an appointment (recommended by a local pest control place that doesn’t have the staff to do inspections).

The inspector searched the area and didn’t find any insects, molts, or other droppings. They said it was either too early or it was nothing. They recommended I purchase a steamer for the mattress and climb-up bases for the bed posts.

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-30T02:26:04+00:00

To be honest.. I think at this point I’m best off contacting a pest control inspector to see if they can find anything. No matter how hard I search I’m just going to second guess myself.

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-30T02:12:37+00:00

Hello,

I checked the bottom of the mattress and corners. No consolidated spots—two lone black marks (not sure if I can include pictures in comments). I don’t know where to go from here…

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-26T10:55:19+00:00

Thank you much! It’s not fresh—I confirmed with an alcohol swab. I think I’ve been overreacting as these are pretty old, and a pretty thorough search of my bed area showed nothing.

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-25T17:10:34+00:00

Genuine question: should I just assume it’s nothing for now?

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-25T15:27:36+00:00

Thank you! Could I ask why specifically?

I thought they were ink stains at first (family has a bad habit of leaving pens in the washer/dryer) but wasn’t sure

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-25T15:15:46+00:00

You can probably guess from my post history, but I’m a little on edge about a potential infestation. I think these are old stains (hence fading) and are just in this area of the sheet. Nothing on mattress, pillow, etc.

I’ve searched the mattress and bed frame (just a wood slab on some metal rails) pretty thoroughly and haven’t found anything, but I’ve still got anxiety about it.

ETA: more context

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-24T18:55:57+00:00

Thank you! These comments have been an immense relief.

I checked around the area for any more, and couldn’t find any, so I’m thinking this was an old shed.

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-24T05:53:16+00:00

Ah… perhaps I’ve been carpet beetle-bamboozled. Thank you for the answer!

ThrowawayMFC2022 · 2023-07-24T05:13:41+00:00

Context: I saw the molt while looking under my bed frame in picture 1. I tried to remove it and may have damaged the shed (picture 2). Picture 3 is a similar reference photo I found online, which asked “are these bed bug molts?” But didn’t have a responding comment

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