Bed Bugs: 10 Places Where They Hide & How To Stop Them

A new report conducted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the University of Kentucky has found that bed bug infestations in the United States are growing at high rates. The report also stated that a third of pest-management companies treated bedbug infestations in hospitals in 2018, 6% more than the year before, and more than twice as many as in 2012. The percentage of exterminators dealing with bed bugs in nursing homes has also almost doubled since 2018, to 46%. Bed bug experts also reported seeing them in ambulances, and 99.6 percent of study respondents claimed to have encountered bed bug infestations in the past year. The top identified bed bug infestation locations were: Hotels/motels – 75 percent (80 percent in 2011) College dorms – 47 percent (54 percent in 2011) Nursing homes – 46 percent (46 percent in 2011) Office buildings – 36 percent (38 percent in 2011) Schools and daycare centers – 41 percent (36 percent in 2011) Hospitals – 33 percent (31 percent in 2011) Transportation (train/bus/taxi) – 21 percent (18 percent in 2011) Movie theaters – 10 percent (17 percent in 2011) Retail stores – 15 percent (21 percent in 2011) Libraries – 12...