Journal Experimental Marine Biology Ecology

Journal Experimental Marine Biology Ecology

Journal Experimental Marine Biology Ecology

Bed bugs are very real bloodsucking bugs and they are closer than many think. Bed bugs are found in increasing numbers of hotels, motels, dormitories, homeless shelters, hostels, cabins and personal residences throughout the United States and Canada. The N.Y. Post in May of 2008 reported bed bugs in and around benches at subway stations in the Bronx and Manhattan, and one straphanger in Brooklyn had a bed bug crawling on her clothing in the region of her buttocks. Bed bugs are worldwide inhabitants and travelers.

Bed Bugs – Is There an Epidemic in 2010?

Currently in 2010 there is a major increase in bed bugs throughout the U.S. The NIH MedLine Plus reports those cities with increased citizen requests for bed bug pest treatment and control to a professional pest treatment company. The top 15 and most frequent calls for bed bug pest control were: 1. New York, 2. Philadelphia, 3. Detroit, 4. Cincinnati, 5. Chicago, 6. Denver, 7. Columbus, Ohio, 8. Dayton, Ohio, 9. Washington, D.C., 10. Los Angeles, 11. Boston, 12. Indianapolis,13. Louisville, Ky., 14. Cleveland, 15.Minneapolis, Minn. (Data Source)

A useful, updated and specific bed bug survey registry provides information on places, mainly in the U.S. and Canada and some Mexican sites, where travelers have encountered bed bugs. The registry, founded in 2006 has 20,000 reports from about 12,000 locations.