sure, I grabbed my computer and searched for images of bed bugs and found my worst fears confirmed. Photos matched exactly 'my' bug - an adult!

I shook out and packed my few things, leaving the nonessentials. I grabbed the tissue with the dead bug out of the trash to show the front desk. I was polite, telling the manager I knew what I was doing was weird. He agreed it was a bug, went to the back office and came back with a laminated copy of a Washington Post article about STINKbugs. Those are NOT the same. This I knew for sure. I asked him if he had info sheets for any other bugs. He did not.

I mentioned that since they were changing carpets, so I couldn't help but be uncomfortable. He offered to switch my room, but I did not accept. (I don't blame him for not admitting it was probably a bed bug, esp right there in the lobby with people around).

In my haste to evacuate the infested hotel, I did not take a picture as evidence. However, I am 99 percent confident I found an adult bedbug crawling towards my neck. Before leaving I hastily checked for further evidence, however I did not want to spread it to my luggage or "upset" the bugs (eew). I just wanted to leave.