Tips for Protecting Your Home from Bedbugs
Once your home is infested with bedbugs, getting rid of them seems downright impossible. You try a few over-the-counter kits and DIY hacks, but nothing seems to be completely effective. As many soon find out, bedbugs are one of the most difficult pests to remove. All they need is a bit of human blood for…
Study Shows Dirty Laundry Attracts Bedbugs
Leaving dirty clothing all over your room, whether at home or a hotel, could be attracting bedbugs. A recent study by entomologists at the University of Sheffield, published in Scientific Reports, tried to determine why bedbugs infest your mattress and where they could be hiding. Details of the Study The researchers hypothesized that bedbugs aren’t…
Tips for Schools to Manage Bedbugs
When most people think about bedbug infestations, their minds drift to hotels and homes. However, you can add schools to that list too. While infestations are fairly uncommon, the environment of younger students bringing in bags and coats and storing their supplies together turns into a breeding ground for bedbugs. Although the school might not…
Factors that Increase Your Chances of Bedbugs
No one likes finding out their home has bedbugs. But in recent years, cases have been on the rise. In the United States, bedbugs used to be fairly common until about World War II, when most were eradicated. The past few decades have seen a significant increase, and unfortunately, bedbugs’ habits make them hard to…
3 Unusual Places Where You Can Pick Up Bedbugs
Avoid the cheap hotels, they say – you never know when you’ll come home with bedbugs! But while this piece of advice certainly holds true, these pests inhabit plenty of other spaces, ready to burrow into your clothing, attach to your bag, or hide in a crease. Where might you risk picking up bedbugs? 1….
