Where are Bed Bugs Found?
If you're wondering where bed bugs
come from, remember: bed bugs are excellent hitchhikers and are
easily transported. They will hide in suitcases, boxes and shoes to
be near a food supply. They like to hide in small cracks and
crevices close to a human environment. Bed bugs are most often
found in bed parts, such as mattresses, box springs and folded
areas.
They can also conceal themselves behind baseboards, wallpaper,
upholstery, picture frames, electrical switchplates, and in
furniture crevices. Beg bugs are also known to survive in temporary
or alternative habitats, such as backpacks and under the seats in
cars, buses and trains.
Where Else Bed Bugs are Found
Bed bugs are found in many places, not
limited to any one specific type of dwelling. Pest control
companies have been
reporting infestations everywhere including single family
homes, multi-family housing, apartments, hotels, hospitals, schools
and college campuses, office buildings, retail stores, movie
theaters and even public transportation. Nowadays, even five-star
hotels and high-end clothing stores are susceptible to
infestations.
According to the NPMA's
2013 Bugs Without Borders survey, pest management
professionals report that residences top the list of places where
bed bug infestations are found, with 98 percent of pest
professionals treating bed bug infestations in apartments/condos
and 96 percent treating bed bug infestations in single-family
homes. Respondents also reported other common areas, with 75
percent treating bed bug infestations in hotels/motels, 47 percent
in college dormitories, 46 percent in nursing homes, 36 percent in
office buildings, 41 percent in schools, 33 percent in hospitals
and 21 percent on various modes of transportation.
Today, bed bugs can be found throughout almost every region of
the world and in all 50 U.S. states. Specifically, the pests were
encountered by 17 percent of 2011
Bed Bugs in America survey respondents in the Northeast; 20
percent in the Midwest; 20 percent in the South; and 19 percent in
the West.