Oh dear just been and collected a few dead bodies checked against pics on web site while looking through mag glass, they are 100% death watch beetle and not bed bugs !
going to be quite serious then they started making the same noise around this time last year ! looking for mates,just pulled back the carpet upstairs and wish i had not looked ! looks like quite a serious infestation !
Have got the conservation dept coming out next week as since the builders started doing a big extension next door we have had large cracks appear in the bedroom wall which is only 1 brick thick ,we can see daylight coming through the cracks now ,it`s when they were getting big skips dropped off and breaking up concerete on the drive next to our house ! If the beetles have been eating the beams it makes sense that the house is now falling to bits ! can feel the ground shake when they get skip delivered.
Sure they will do something about it now ! the house is on a buildings at risk register as it had a leaking roof until a couple of months ago !