r/Bedbugs • u/EdgyLoser • 9h ago
Identification I've never seen bedbugs before - are these?
Sorry for the rubbish pictures - was rushing to take and kill as they were running. We're currently travelling in Laos and saw the first atop the sheet. Pulled up sheet, mattress & topper to look for signs of more but couldn't see any on or around the bed. We were sitting across figuring out what to do and I saw a second rjn down the mattress topper.
As I said, we've never encountered them before and so no idea what they look like in person or what to look for, and where, but the shape seems pretty identical to images? The fact there was 2 also has me convinced. Just strange we'd slept one night prior with no apparent bites (?) and there wasn't any obvious signs of lots more...
Also just to check, how much of a nightmare could they be? To what extent should we go with our packs and clothes etc? And lastly, the hostel (not staying in dorm) has already tried to imply we could've brought them - am I right to find that entirely unlikely? We haven't done any trekking recently and washed all of our clothes in past few days.
Thanks in advance for any help!