College Dorms Continue To Be A Hot Spot For Bed Bug Activity

There was once a day when you sent your college bound student off to school and you only had to worry about him or her getting good grades and keeping out of trouble.  Now parents must worry about if their college bound student is being eaten alive by bed bugs while they are trying to receive a quality education.

Many college dorm houses in the United States have been fighting bed bugs infestations this entire school year report New Jersey pest control experts.  The bed bug infestation problem is compounded in colleges because students come and go from dorm rooms to classrooms, to friends apartments, to libraries etc.  Living the life of a busy college student makes the bed bug transportation easy as bed bugs are masters at hitchhiking a ride on clothing, in books, laptops, backpacks, purses, gym bags and the like.

In order to avoid your college student bringing home bed bugs and causing a New Jersey bed bug infestation in your home, you should always take precautions to avoid the little critters.  Just as you would if you traveled to a hotel, you should immediately launder all clothing that is brought home by your college student.  Bed bugs cannot take the heat, so all clothing should be washed and dried on the hottest temperature possible to ensure that all bed bugs and their eggs are killed.  Additionally, you should also carefully inspect your child’s belongings for bed bugs or signs of bed bugs.  Pay particular attention to the seams of luggage and bags as this is where bed bugs tend to hide and lay their eggs.  All bags should be vacuumed upon arrival home, and if possible ran through the dryer to avoid a bed bug infestation.

Bed bugs are opportunistic pests and not associated with cleanliness.  Should you encounter bed bugs in your home, it is recommended that you contact a licensed New Jersey pest control expert immediately to provide bed bug eradication services.  Allison Pest Control provides professional bed bug removal services to Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties.