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I have an important question related to bedbugs. First, I’ve never had bedbugs in my life. Never seen one, never had a bite. The other day I found a very small bug crawling on my couch and caught it. Took it to an exterminator because it looked suspicious and it turns out that it is indeed a bedbug. I’ve thoroughly searched the couch and surrounding area and not seen anymore bugs, or any of the other signs of them (blood stains, shedded skins, etc.). Also no one that lives in my apartment has any bites, or has ever had any bites. We found the bug last week and have been on alert for any new signs, but nothing.

So my question is this. Should I go ahead and do the treatment anyway, or risk it and not do anything? The treatment is very thorough and time consuming (not to mention expensive) and involves basically ripping apart my whole apartment, spending hours and hours cleaning, doing laundry, etc. If I don’t have anymore bugs, it seems crazy to do all that. But then, I also definitely do not want to end up with an infestation.

I searched alot online, but can’t seem to find any information about what to do if you find a bug, but no bites. Usually it’s the other way around. The exterminator had no opinion either way, he said it’s up to us. Thoughts?