Question

The Bug   I am afraid to even ask, but could this a bed bug?

I found the bug in the picture, dead at the floor of a small closet where I keep two laundry hamper baskets for dirty clothes on the floor. Above the hampers are shelves that store shoe boxes on the next, jean on the next two shelves, then clutches and on the top seasonal clothing in plastic storage bags.

I want to thank you in advance, as I appreciate the time you take to help very worried people like myself.

Please let know what you think I should do, if anything at all.

FYI...I live in NYC in an very tall apartment building (21+ floors) on the second floor.

All the best,
Kate

Answer
Kate,

It does not really look like a bed bug. I'd say either a sowbug or the larva of a carpet beetle (see http://www.livingwithbugs.com/sow_bug.html for a picture of a sowbug). If you can get a clearer picture I may be able to say for sure.

Jack DeAngelis