I found this little guy on my bed. The circle is glue to make him stay still for the photo. The circle of glue is the size of a quarter. I already looked at tons of pics of roaches, but found none that really look like him. I'm sure someone will be able to help. Thanks.
I am starting to think this is not a roach, and is a bed bug. Crap.
Looking forward to the ID. Don't sleep on the circle.
After careful research, this is a freaking bed bug. I'll never buy a $1600 mattress again. Throwing it out now :(
Well that seems like throwing out the baby with the bath water. There should be a relatively simple solution to eliminating bed bugs in a mattress. Can bed bugs survive winter in Lancaster? Throw it out on the porch. I froze there last November. It's brutal!
This message was edited Dec 16, 2013 9:06 PM
See http://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef636.asp for detailed information.
There was some recent research that quantified how much cold for what time it took to kill all stages and the eggs of bed bugs; I read it on phys.org
Edit: found it - Journal of Economic Entomology 2013 No. 106. 6 'Cold Tolerance of Bed Bugs...'
The take-away datum was that it required 40 hours at 16 deg. F. / -13 C.
Or fifteen minutes at - 26 F. works.
This message was edited Dec 17, 2013 2:25 PM
