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Locally, Denver County Department of Environmental Health says it's the number one complaint it gets although it hasn't seen an increase in the overall number of complaints about bed bugs this year.

But these bugs aren't just a bed problem. They are traveling more and in some cases, even going all the way to the movie theater.

Just this month, a confirmed invasion at an AMC movie theater in New York's Times Square caused health officials to shut it down. A moviegoer was bitten by one or more bed bugs while she was in her seat.

The viewer, Kathryn Prior, said, "I was watching the movie and all of a sudden my whole arm got itchy. And I started scratching and these huge bumps and red welts appeared."

Bed bugs were spotted in that same theater just two weeks earlier and at other locations in upper Manhattan. AMC is taking this threat seriously and doing what it can to rid its theaters of these bugs.

In an e-mail response to NBC, the company said: "We will continue to vigorously inspect our theaters and instantly treat any bed bug detections."

In Connecticut, bed bugs climbed the pole inside a firehouse; in Pennsylvania, an infestation occurred inside a classroom, and last year in Colorado bed bugs were found in a library. Other recent examples include outbreaks in a New York Victoria's Secret store and at an Abercrombie and Fitch.

This is most likely happening because bed bugs are multiplying and getting carried in to these establishments by unsuspecting customers.

"Many of them ride so that you deposit them in a department store, you deposit them in a movie theater, in a play house, etc. So they are pretty mobile with you," Dr. Philip Tierno from NYU's Langone Medical Center said.

Bed bugs are tiny insects that feed off human blood. They are big enough to see with your naked eye, but you have to look closely enough to spot them. They usually hide out during the day and feed at night. That's why most bites happen in bed while you are sleeping.

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