r/insects • u/plantsgrow • 28m ago
ID Request Is this an elm seed bug?
Hi, located in Alberta Canada, I’m hoping someone can help me with this bug. Google photo tells me that it is an elm seed bug. I live in an apartment where some units (several floors below) recently had German cockroaches.
I also got a new cat who the rescue agency said came from a hoarders house, and I know cats can carry bed bugs.
I did a full bedbug check and found no signs.
I also checked all around the room to see if there was any evidence of other bugs, especially cockroaches, but again so signs.
There was only one bug, it was moving along a blanket that had been on my bed, and I had taken clothes off the blanket before getting into bed - the clothes had been worn for gardening earlier in the day.
All signs point to elm seed bug but with the other two variables I’m hoping someone other than Google can share their input.
Thanks in advance!