Two Pa. cities in top 20 of Orkins bed bug infestation list – pennlive.com

Even though fewer people traveled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, bed bugs did not get the memo to stay home.

Chicago topped Orkins Top 50 Bed Bug Cities List for last year with Baltimore and Washington, D.C., coming in second and third.

Orkin said it bases it list on treatment data from the metro areas where Orkin performed the mostbed bug treatmentsfromDecember 1, 2019November 30, 2020. The ranking includes both residential and commercial treatments.

Unfortunately, Pennsylvania has two cities in the top 20 - Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Philadelphia dropped two places from last year, so that is good news.

Here are the rankings after Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.:

4. Detroit

5. Columbus, Ohio

6. Cleveland, Ohio

7. Indianapolis

8. Cincinnati

9. Los Angeles

10. Grand Rapids, Mich.

11. Charlotte, N.C.

12. New York City

13. Atlanta

14. Philadelphia

15. Champaign, Ill.

16. Dallas

17. Raleigh, N.C.

18. Charleston, W.Va.

19. Pittsburgh

20. Denver

According to Orkin the bed bugs can still be lurking waiting for people to resume travel.

Its easy to forget that bed bugs are still very much a threat and should be top of mind for anyone who is itching to take a trip. Bed bugs can survive for several months while waiting for their next blood meal, so theyre likely to emerge when a food source, humans, become available, Orkin said.

Typically, bed bugs are 3/16 inch long and are mostly nocturnal insects that come out of hiding to take blood meals from sleeping humans and are red to dark brown in color. Bed bugs are hematophagous, which means blood is their only food source. They can travel from place to place with ease, including items such as luggage, purses and other personal belongings.

Orkin recommends these steps to inspect for bed bugs using the acronym - S.L.E.E.P.

Here is the rest of the list:

21. Flint, Mich.

22. San Francisco

23. Greenville, S.C.

24. Norfolk

25. St. Louis

26. Richmond, Va.

27. Toledo, Ohio

28. Dayton, Ohio

29. Buffalo, N.Y.

30. Omaha, Neb.

31. Nashville

32. Milwaukee

33. Fort Wayne, Ind.

34. Greensboro, N.C.

35. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

36. Knoxville, Tenn.

37. Houston

38. Davenport, Iowa

39. Tampa

40. Youngstown, Ohio

41. South Bend, Ind.

42. Phoenix

43. Lexington, Ky.

44. Seattle

45. Orlando

46. Louisville

47. Miami

48. Lansing

49. Peoria-Bloomington

50. Minneapolis-St. Paul

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