I'm somewhat anxious at times, and definitely one of the things I'm paranoid about is getting bedbugs (hasn't happened yet!)

One day our daughter had some small bites on her arms, and then we found small creatures in her bed... my brain went straight to "*k we have bedbugs, burn the house down and start again, but fortunately* my friend is an entomologist and his partner was visiting and she took one back for him to look at.

The answer came back that it was a definitely a carpet beetle and not to worry (simpler to get rid of, which we did).

I recommend having a friend who's an entomologist. Definite life hack ;)