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bittengirl wrote:
I woke up two mornings ago with 7 very itchy bites, 3 on my hands, 2 on my feet and 2 on my body. I got paranoid and started looking in my bed and cleaning everything. I found a bunch of these bugs (photo attached - best quality I could get). I've looked up bed bugs and it doesn't seem the right body shape to me, they are reddish brown though.

I'm on the 24th floor of an apartment building in downtown Toronto. I've found them mostly under things on the floor - especially things close to the wall. I cleaned my whole bedroom immediately and haven't received any bites since then. I have found two bugs in the bedroom since then however just no bites.

They're not very quick and I haven't found any bigger than the one shown here. I have found a couple smaller ones though. There were a particular lot in a small shag carpet on my bedroom floor with I threw it quickly!!!

Oh and I was just in the bahamas over the weekend.. and someone else on my floor is getting exterminated (bed bugs I think).

Thoughts on what this critter may be?

Thank you!