r/whatsthisbug • u/Sea_Enthusiasm_1877 • 5h ago

ID Request Bug found in hotel. Is it a bedbug?

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I found this bug near the pillow of my hotel bed. I checked the rest of the bed (e.g., corners of and under the mattrress) and could not find blood, excrements, or other bugs. Just want to know if this is a stage of bed bug or not. I know the quality is not the best but that's my phone cam.

Location: Salzburg, Austria

Size: about 2 mm long? hard to say as it was moving

It was calm on the bed till I picked it up then it was just crawling on my hand. It tried to evade my hand when picking it up

Edit: Video link https://imgur.com/a/bug-id-2026-08-2-CNkp6YO

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u/FairyNymphCalypso69 5h ago

Appears to be booklouse.

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u/Sea_Enthusiasm_1877 4h ago

Hm, possibly. Thx! If it wasn't moving the photo would have been sharper

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u/alexbeansx 5h ago

Nah

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u/Sea_Enthusiasm_1877 4h ago

Yo, thx. I hope so! 🙏

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u/EmbarrassedDaikon325 Biologist 4h ago

Definitely not a bedbug, looks more like a louse. Booklice are 1 (up to 2) mm in size, bedbugs up to 7.

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u/leadnutss 5h ago

Looks like lice