New Jersey pest control professionals say that the name “bed bugs” can often times be confusing to home and business owners in New Jersey as well as other areas in the United States. Bed bugs are a wide spread problem that have now made their presence known in all 50 states. Media reports often focus on bed bug infestations in high priced hotels, apartment buildings, and retail stores, but bed bug infestations have been found in all sorts of other places as well. Courthouses, office buildings, airports, jails, hospitals, doctor’s offices, all means of public transportation venues, and theaters have been hit hard by the blood thirsty pest!
Because of the name “bed bugs”, business owners are often surprised to learn that their office or building has become infested by these bloodsucking creatures. Bed bugs are typically nighttime feeders, but the resourceful bed bug will not hesitate to seek out a blood meal during the daytime when the office is full of tasty staff members. Employees can easily bring bed bugs to work with them in purses, gym bags, laptop bags, or other personal belongings. Businesses could also become infested by customers who have bed bugs which accidentally drop off their clothing or crawl out of their belongings. Bed bugs are so tiny, that it would take an eagle-eye to spot bed bugs arriving with a customer.
New Jersey pest control experts warn that because bed bugs are excellent hitchhikers and are able to hide in most any type of belonging that bed bugs can be lurking anyplace that humans frequent. Home and business owners who have tried to rid their properties of bed bugs on their own have often faced an uphill battle fighting the nasty nibblers. Bed bug infestations are so difficult to treat that it is recommended that you use a licensed New Jersey pest control expert to kill these buggers effectively!