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Once thought to be virtually eliminated as a pest in the United States,bed bugshave recently made a big comeback and are quickly spreading throughout Central Virginia and across the country.

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virginia Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com - bed bug news ...

This story could make you feel itchy all over.

Researchers who are trying to make them go away, but nothing seems to be working.

Bed bugs are just flat out ugly and gross. Like cockroaches, they won't go away.

"We've got bed bug problems all over the United States," said Dini Miller, of Virginia Tech urban pest management.

Inside the Dodson Urban Pest Management Lab at Virginia Tech, Miller teaches students how easily bed bugs can spread.

"There's lots of places for the bed bugs to hide, Miller said. They can move through the walls from one unit to another."

Across the hall, graduate student and lab tech Mark Petersen is breathing hard on a cup full of nasty bed bugs.

"I'm trying to get them excited so they can let go of the mesh screen. They react to CO2, Petersen said.

Using tweezers, Petersen is separating the male bed bugs from the females. Yes, he can tell the difference.

"I have felt that they're crawling around me sometimes even if I know they're not, Petersen said. You spend all day looking at them. It gets in your head."

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Virginia Tech researchers trying to find way to get rid of bed bugs

What Are Bed Bugs?

Bed bugs are flat, wingless, blood-sucking insects less than long. They range in color from light brown to reddish-brown. Bed bugs lay up to 540 eggs in a lifetime, and each baby can be ready to reproduce in only 21 days. Bed bugs are a nuisance pest only and are not known to spread disease.

If you have bed bugs, do not panic. Bed bugs can be contained and eliminated from your home with the proper course of action.

It is recommended to hire a pest management company to locate all bed bug hiding areas and apply a treatment that will effectively eliminate the population.

Bed bugs may originate in furniture brought from other locations.

Bed bugs may crawl through walls and enter new rooms. Lines indicate where people may transfer bed bugs to other locations of their house. Bed bugs are moved either by transferring them on their person or by moving them around in other items, such as laundry. Note: A laundry room in a different part of the house, could become a prime transfer location, as clothing from an infested room comes into contact with clothing going to other rooms.

Bedbugs are "lazy" insects. They do not run, travel long distances on their own, or fly. In fact, they may stay in the same location without food for up to one year!

Decades ago bed bugs were eliminated in the United States by certain pesticides, such as DDT, which have since been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency. Recently, with increased traveling, domestic and international, bed bug activity also began to resurge in this country as people moved around more. Although more environmental-friendly pesticides are on the market, some bed bug populations are becoming resistant to these chemicals. Until an effective pest management strategy can be developed, bed bugs are on the rise.

Bed bugs may crawl into or attach themselves to clothing, luggage, furniture, or any other item a person leaves in an infested area. Wherever this newly infested item is moved, bed bugs can make a new home and stay.

Fact: Bed bugs are on the rise! They can be found any time, anywhere, and when you least expect them. You just dont know what other people bring with them.

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Experts Predict Increase in Bed Bug Cases for 2014

CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --There's one thing on which top entomologists agree: The current bed bug infestation has not yet reached its peak in the U.S.

According to experts, the current surge in U.S. bed bug infestations began around 2004, but didn't hit the national news until 2010, when multi-unit dwellings began to experience issues with the pesky bugs. Data from the 2013 Bugs without Borders Survey by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) confirmed that 98 percent of pest management professionals encountered a bed bug infestation during the past 12 months in an apartment or condominium, up from 90 percent in 2011.

"Bed bugs have been a hot topic in the news during the past several years; especially when a new geographical area is infested or bed bugs are discovered in public places such as hotels or shopping centers," said Dini Miller, Ph. D., Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech. "Unfortunately, people have become desensitized to the issue, leading them to believe the risk has decreased, but the issue is actually greater than before."

Pest control companies and businesses that sell products to prevent or control bed bugs echo the observation that the war against bed bugs is probably not going away any time soon.

"Since 2010, sales of mattress and box spring encasements have continued to increase each year," said James Bell, CEO of Protect-A-Bed. "Every major pest control company in the United States buys our products, which they sell to individuals fighting a bed bug infestation. The demand for product has certainly not slowed down."

Bugs without Boarders survey respondents reported an increase in bed bug infestations at a variety of public places, including schools, day care centers, hospitals, libraries and on public transportation. Based on these reports, top entomologists also agree on several other emerging trends.

People with bed bug issues tend to experience unnecessary anxiety

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