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By Admin, Posted February 29th 2012

Some questions have very complicated answers. This one doesnt the answer is a resounding yes. Bed bugs can definitely travel. The key to understanding this issue is knowing that the question has it right bed bugs can travel with you, but not on you.

This is because bed bugs do not usually adhere to a persons skin except during their actual feeding time which tends to be late at night when people are inactive. After feeding, bed bugs scurry away and hide. The places where they hide, however, mean that they can indeed travel alongside you. Most people, of course, are only concerned about one direction of travel. They do not think at all about bringing bed bugs with them on vacation but they are definitely concerned about bringing them back home again.

Although bed bugs are most commonly found lurking in and around mattresses, box springs, and headboards, they can also infest your luggage and even your articles of clothing. Indeed, bed bugs like any environment that offers them little nooks and crannies where they can tuck themselves away and feel safe and snug.

This is a primary reason why people going on vacation should be concerned about staying only in hotels that are free of bed bugs. Should you choose an infested hotel or hostel, during the night when the bugs are active they will have ample opportunity to crawl into your luggage or onto clothing you have left lying about. If this image causes a crawling feeling to creep across your skin then you are not alone. No one likes to contemplate such a scenario.

Unfortunately, the scenario gets worse. Because the bed bugs are now in your luggage, you will bring them back home with you, and if anything is certain, it is that they will not stay inside your luggage for long. They will scurry out again and infest the bed you sleep on each night, along with a myriad of other locations in your house, including even picture frames and the corners of drawers. In fact, there are few places where bed bugs cannot secret themselves, which can make them a challenge to eradicate, particularly without professional assistance.

1. Check our Global Bed Bug Registry for bed bug reports

The best solution to the situation outlined above, of course, is simply not to stay in accommodations that are infested with bed bugs. You should use our Bed Bug Registry to check if any hotel you are staying at has had a bed bug infestation/report in the past. This may cut down on your chances of encountering bed bugs while staying at certain hotels. Of course, just because a hotel has had a bed bug infestation in the past, doesnt mean it currently still does. And just because a hotel has never had a bed bug infestation (or one thats been publicly reported) doesnt mean there isnt an infestation at the time you stay there.

It is tempting to assume that only hotels in developing countries, or those in poorer parts of town, are likely to have a bed bug infestation. It is tempting, to be sure, but it is not true. Even upscale hotels can develop problems with these creatures, who after all do not know the average income of the people who sleep in a particular bed.

2. Inspect Room Before Staying

There is something that tourists can do, however. Ask to see the room where you will be staying before you finalize payment. Inspect the room carefully for signs of any insect infestation. If you find such signs, find not just a different room, but another hotel entirely.

When doing a bed inspection for bed bugs, you look for:

You must inspect the following thoroughly:

3. Keep Luggage In BathTub

Bed bugs can get into your clothes and your luggage. If this happens, you are bringing these critters home with you and the bed bug problems wont just be a vacation experience they will become your daily (or we should say nightly) life. There are plenty of horror stories around where people stay in a bed-bug infested hotel room and bring the bugs back home with them only to endure misery for months and months.

You should NEVER put your luggage on any hotel bed. Bed bugs in an infested room will usually (but not only) infest the bed. Putting your luggage on the bed provides ample opportunity for the bugs to crawl into your luggage. They are small enough (about the size of an apple seed or even smaller) to crawl in through the seems and live in your luggage. Remember, bed bugs can go a year without feeding, are tiny enough to live in zipper seams, and can lay up to 20 eggs per day. Keep your luggage far away from a bed. Dont even put your bags by the walls either bed bugs can infest cracks in the wall, curtain fixtures, or any little crevice with space.

The safest spot is the bathtub.

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Bed Bug Bites

The words "bed bugs" are enough to send most of us running with skin all aquiver at the thought of little blood-sucking creatures crawling all over us as we sleep. These little bugs are pests, to be sure, and they can be difficult to get rid of once they have decided to make your house their home, hiding during the daylight hours in cracks and crevasses where they are almost impossible to excise.

Because of this, you may not realize right away that bed bugs are the source of the annoying sores on your legs when you wake up in the mornings. Bed bugs are attracted by both warmth and the presence of carbon dioxide, which is what we exhale in breathing. The bugs climb up onto your skin and pierce you with two hollow tubes, one of which injects anti-coagulants and anesthetics. The other tube is used to withdraw your blood, feeding for about five minutes before returning to their hiding places.

There may be a cluster of bites instead of singular ones when you awake, and this is typically caused by disturbing the bugs while they feed, causing them to detach and return to feed momentarily. A well fed bedbug can live anywhere from four to six months, while a dormant one might live without feeding for up to 18 months.

The bites can be found just about anywhere on your body, with exposed bits of skin being the preferred feeding ground for the bugs, making your face a target along with arms and legs. The bites cannot be felt at first, but as the anesthetics wear off and the skin begins to react to the injections, the bites can make themselves felt minutes or even hours after the bedbugs have returned to hiding.

If you have bedbugs, your infestation can get worse very quickly since a female bedbug can lay up to five eggs per day, and up to around 500 eggs in her lifetime. Since it takes only five weeks for hatched nymphs to grow to maturity, your problems could expand exponentially within a relatively short period of time, and infestations can be hard to control.

The History of Bed Bugs:

Bed bugs have been around for centuries. Documentation reaching as far back as the 17th century has told about infestations of bed bugs. In the United States, bed bugs were very common until about World War II. With the introduction of such pesticides as DDT, a great decrease in infestations occurred. It was not until the last decade that reported cases gave an indication of a possible rise in bed bug infestations.

Authorities believe that the rise in reports can be attributed to the extermination tactics of pest control today. Today, many pest control experts use baiting tactics for in-home infestations of such things as ants, roaches, and spiders. These baiting tactics work well for their intended subjects, but since bed bugs are blood feeders, they do not fall for the baiting tricks used. This change in exterminating technique has contributed to the rise in reported bed bug infestations.

Identifying a bed bug:

Adult bed bugs are generally flattened and reddish brown in color. They resemble apple seeds in appearance and size. Newly hatched nymphs look very much like adults. Although they are almost colorless, they gain their reddish brown color as they mature. The adult bed bug may lay up to 5 eggs daily. These eggs are almost impossible for humans to see with the naked eye, and resemble a flake of dust on a dark surface.

A quick look at the facts:

Bed bugs are small bloodsucking insects that feed on humans and other warm-blooded animals. Bed Bugs often hide in mattresses but they can also survive in furniture, behind wall coverings and pictures/paintings. They will crawl and nest inside tiny crevices anywhere indoors, as long as there is a source of food (blood).While bed bugs do not transmit any pathogens or diseases, their bites usually result in swollen red, itchy welts. Bed bugs are typically nocturnal insects (they creep about at nighttime).

There are other types of bed bugs including the bat bug, the chimney swift bug and the swallow bug. All of these relatives survive on blood feeding. However these secondary parasites thrive on either bats or birds as their primary victims.

Small reddish or brownish spots on one's linens are often the first sign of an infestation. These spots are the bed bug's droppings. Another sign is swelling where you've been bitten.

Bed bugs are not necessarily a sign of unkempt/dirty homes or buildings.

A female bed bug can lay as many as 500 eggs during her lifetime.

Bed bugs are less than 1/4 inch in length, flat, and oval-shaped like; a bit like a sunflower seed.

Bed bugs can go up to a year without a blood meal.

A bed bug's saliva features an anesthetic to numb the pain as it's biting. It also contains anti-coagulant to keep the blood of its meal host flowing.

Furniture that is inspected should be inspected thoroughly. Remove "pull out" drawers and inspect any and all small creases and openings.

Taking apart furniture is often advised if you want to get at the source of the bed bug infestation. Doing this in a garage or outdoors is preferred, if possible.

The covering on the bottom of a box spring bed should be taken off for inspection and treatment measures. If the infestation is severe, you may want to dispose of the mattress.

Bed bugs are many times also found underneath the edges of carpets, where ceilings and walls meet, behind light switch covers and outlets, in clothes, inside appliances, and behind baseboards and carpet stays.

Itching:

There are a number of things you can do to stop the itching.

Bed bug dangers:

When a bed bug bites, it injects an anti-blood clotting chemical into the skin. Some people may actually be allergic to bed bugs, and the degree of itching is determined by how allergic a person is. If you notice any signs of infection, call your physician IMMEDIATELY. Scratching the bites can also result in an infection. If you do not get an infection, the bites are simply an irritating nuisance. It may take a few weeks for the itching to subside and for the welts to disappear. BED BUGS DO NOT CARRY PATHOGENS as mosquitoes or ticks do!

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