Tips for Protecting Your Home from Bed Bugs
Once your home is infested with bed bugs, 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, bed bugs are one of the most difficult pests to remove. All they need is a bit of human…
Study Shows Dirty Laundry Attracts Bed Bugs
Leaving dirty clothing all over your room, whether at home or a hotel, could be attracting bed bugs. A recent study by entomologists at the University of Sheffield, published in Scientific Reports, tried to determine why bed bugs infest your mattress and where they could be hiding. Details of the Study The researchers hypothesized that…
Tips for Schools to Manage Bed Bugs
When most people think about bed bug 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 bed bugs. Although the school…
Factors that Increase Your Chances of Bed Bugs
No one likes finding out their home has bed bugs. But in recent years, cases have been on the rise. In the United States, bed bugs 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, bed bugs’ habits make…
3 Unusual Places Where You Can Pick Up Bed Bugs
Avoid the cheap hotels, they say – you never know when you’ll come home with bed bugs! 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 bed…
