First off, this shell is small. We’re talking about the size of an apple seed, or roughly the shape of a lentil if it went through a car wash. It’s not some monstrous, armored beetle; it’s a dainty, flattened oval.
Imagine a tiny, pale UFO that decided to molt on your pillow. That’s your bed bug shell. It’s alarmingly delicate, like a ghost made of cellophane. You could crush it with a sneeze, but don’t, because you need evidence for your therapist.
