You won’t see bed bugs walking down the street like other types of annoying bugs. Bed bugs are lazy, cowardly, and opportunistic. They hide in dark cracks and crevices waiting for the perfect time to strike their next victim. There is no particular pattern that can be followed with their hitchhiking endeavors. Basically, if they happen to choose to hide in a purse, clothing, computer, luggage piece, IPOD, umbrella, or shoe, it is just by chance. If you have a New Jersey bed bug infestation or an infestation anywhere in the US, you never know when or where you will be transporting them, or where you might be unfortunate enough to pick them up.
Bed bugs appear where people are. It stands to reason that places where there is a high activity of people coming and going will also have a higher potential of bed bug problems. Hospitals are definitely a hot spot for bed bug activity. This past July, Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York shut down an ER triage room because a bed bug was found. The Central Maine Medical Center recently had to close down their surgical unit while they fought to get rid of the nasty blood suckers as well.
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