Bed bug nymph?
Hi everyone!
Little bit of back up info: 2 months ago I started noticing bites. For a whole month I was getting bitten once each day (sometimes two, but most of the time once). Those bites were only on my arms/face/shoulders. I also sleep with a tank top that doesn’t cover my shoulders, nor arms. Those bites weren’t itchy the first two weeks. I didn’t really acknowledge them because it was always on my arms, red, and not itchy.
Fast forward, I have been bitten on my leg during the day, 8 bites around my ankle. I saw a bug on my pants and decided to kill it. It was red and full of blood. After that I was getting bites on my arms again each night but this time it was more 3/4 each day and so so itchy it drove me mad. They were always on my arms/face/shoulders and always very dispersed (like one on my hand, one on my shoulder, one on my face).
A week later, someone talked to me about bedbugs, so before sleeping I decided to check my whole room and bed. I found the same kinda bug that bite my leg and decided to kill it too. After that I was still getting bites each day so I simply decided to strip down my whole bed. I also bought a karcher steamer. I never found anything in my bed, sheets, bed frame (I unscrewed everything and vacuumed everything) or baseboard. I also decided to put all the clothings that were near my bed or under in bags and sealed them in a room that I never use. The only spot where I found what I think are two nymphs, were under some painting that were hanging above my head (above my bed). I also killed them (they weren’t moving at all and were like the pic but a little bit darker) and took all the paintings and mirrors away and sealed them too.
Fast forward, after that I vacuumed my room every two days and steamed it every 3 days (i also steamed my mattress 2x and changed my beddings every 3-4 days). I did that for 2 weeks and a half. For nearly a month I didn’t get any bites at all, I thought I was free. But today I was laying in my bed and felt something crawling on me, I took it (it wasn’t fast at all but still tried to “run” away), I took a pic before killing it.
I guess it is a baby well fed nymph again.. I don’t know what to do anymore, I cleaned so much, my bed isn’t even near any walls anymore, I really don’t know where it’s coming from (I also steamed my baseboards yesterday) I’m really desperate and can’t start everything again, i’m a student and i’m studying for my finals.
I haven’t got any bites atm, and in nearly a month never saw/found another nymph or grown adult (I never even saw anything else that an total of 3 nymphs like the pic + the one in the pic). Could it be that I missed eggs when I didn’t steamed for a week and half? Or am I just doomed? I really need help and maybe some reassurance, i’m really on the verge of a mental breakdown.