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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