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If you just found bedbugs...while traveling

If you suspect you've come into contact with bedbugs while traveling, the important thing is not to let them hitch a ride with you on your clothes or luggage to the next place you stay.

The University of Minnesota has a short guide to show you what bedbugs look like, and how to inspect and sanitize your belongings.

In brief summary, you'll want to have plastic bags (preferably the thick contractor kind) and access to a clothes dryer.

If you've discovered an infestation in your home, or you've found out that a neighbor has bedbugs, the most important thing is to get informed. A great place to start is the Bedbugger.com FAQs.

Bedbugger.com also has a good list of do's and don'ts.

While the temptation to do something, anything, to address the problem immediately is strong, you could end up inadvertently making things worse for yourself and your neighbors. So have patience and read those FAQs!

The key to avoiding a bedbug infestation is to learn as much as you can about them before your paths cross.

Here are some effective steps you can take:

Useful websites:

Managing bed bugs, by the university of Nebraska. Useful photos of nymphs.

A handy bedbug fact sheet from Michael Potter at the University of Kentucky.

Useful stuff:

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