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D.C. improves standing among bed bug-infested cities

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Bed bugs are great hitchhikers and can easily crawl into personal belongings like suitcases. (PRNewsFoto/Orkin, LLC)

Dick Uliano, wtop.com

WASHINGTON - Chests swell with pride when cities are placed atop various lists: Best City for Families; City with the Best Pizza; City with the Best Parks.

But the newest list of the top 50 cities might have mayors and city managers running for cover -- the Top 50 Cities for Bed Bugs.

Orkin, the pest control company, has ranked cities based on the number of bed bug treatments they conducted in 2011. Cincinnati is at the top of the list, followed by Chicago, Detroit and Denver.

D.C. is eighth on Orkin's list, but the good news for the nation's capital is that D.C. has dropped from fifth place in 2010.

"Bed bugs continue to be everywhere in the United States and appear to be moving further south than they originally were in high concentrations," said Ron Harrison, Orkin entomologist.

Reflecting the spread of bed bugs into southern climates, Los Angeles jumped from 25th place in 2010 to fifth place on Orkin's list for 2011. Dallas/Forth Worth has leaped from 50th place to seventh.

Richmond is 10th on the list, up six places. Baltimore is 18th, down six places. Salisbury is up 46 spots to No. 43.

Harrison finds the list interesting for the way it's expanded, "from the cities in the Northeast and the Midwest to the Southern cities," he said.

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Bed bugs singin' 'We love L.A.'

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FILE - In a Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, bedbugs are seen next to the tip of a finger in a container from the lab at the National Pest Management Association, during the National Bed Bug Summit in Washington. Researchers now say that the creepy bugs have a special genetic gift: withstanding incest. It turns out that unlike most creatures, bedbugs are able to inbreed with close relatives and still produce generally healthy offspring. That means that if just a few bedbugs survive in a building after treatment, they repopulate quickly. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon)

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles climbed 20 spots to fifth in the nation in number of bed bug incidents treated by pest control company Orkin last year.

The company recently released a list of the top 50 cities based on the number of bed bug treatments it did in 2011.

The overall number of incidents climbed 33.6 percent over the previous year.

Cincinnati had the highest number of bed bug treatments, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Denver and Los Angeles.

The perennial hotspot New York City dropped two places to ninth.

The San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area was 12th, San Diego, 26th, and Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, 41st.

"The changes in some cities' rankings show bed bugs continue to be a problem in most areas of the U.S.," said Orkin entomologist and Technical Services Director Ron Harrison. "Several of the top 50 cities have large, busy airports, and there could be a correlation between increased travel and bed bug activity.

The rankings could also reflect an overall rise in population or greater public awareness of bed bugs and how to identify them, Harrison said.

Orkin advised travelers to remember the acronym S.L.E.E.P. to avoid bringing bed bugs home from a trip:

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What U.S. City Tops List For Bed Bugs?

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Cities enjoy being identified as safe and affordable. Being labeled as having a lot of bed bug treatments, not so much.

Rollins, the corporation that owns seven pest control companies, including Orkin, says it has seen a 33.6 percent increase in bed bug business compared to 2010. The company has just released its rankings of U.S. cities in order of the number of bed bug treatments from January to December 2011.

And the winner is Cincinnati. Chicago is ranked second, followed by Detroit, Denver and Los Angeles. The report says L.A. moved from 25th to fifth on the list.

Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments. The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2010:

1. Cincinnati 2. Chicago 3. Detroit (+1) 4. Denver (+2) 5. Los Angeles (+20) 6. Columbus, Ohio (-3) 7. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (+43) 8. Washington, D.C. (-3) 9. New York (-2) 10. Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (+6) 11. Houston (-1) 12. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Calif. (+35) 13. Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio (+1) 14. Boston (+4) 15. Dayton, Ohio (-7) 16. Las Vegas (-1) 17. Honolulu (+55) 18. Baltimore (-6) 19. Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+9) 20. Philadelphia (-9) 21. Atlanta (+24) 22. Lexington, Ky. (-13) 23. Syracuse, N.Y. (+25) 24. Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (+27) 25. Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+19) 26. San Diego (+13) 27. Seattle/Tacoma, Wash. (-3) 28. Omaha, Neb. (-11) 29. Buffalo, N.Y. (-16) 30. Pittsburgh (-3) 31. Indianapolis (-12) 32. Milwaukee (+6) 33. Charlotte, N.C. (+13) 34. Phoenix (+19) 35. Louisville, Ky. (-3) 36. Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (-16) 37. Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (+30) 38. Knoxville, Tenn. (+4) 39. Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Mich. (-17) 40. Nashville, Tenn. (+15) 41. Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (+24) 42. Des Moines/Ames, Iowa (-13) 43. Salisbury, Md. (+46) 44. Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (-23) 45. Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (-22) 46. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. (-20) 47. Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (-17) 48. Salt Lake City (-8) 49. Charleston/Huntington, W.Va. (-13) 50. West Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce, Fla. (+6)

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Arizona Pest Control: An Important Health And Safety Epidemic? – Video

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19-03-2012 08:44 This video is brought to you by pestcontrolus.com a pest control company covering the greater Phoenix, Arizona area. How important is pest control to anyone living in Arizona, well here's a few facts: • From ants to bed bugs, killer bees, roaches, rodents, spiders, termites and scorpions...we have it all. • In fact, there are more species of ants in Arizona than any other state. • Did you know that there are over 35 related transferable diseases from rodents, on top of the fact that they also chew on wiring and cause electrical hazards? • With spiders and scorpions at the top of the list, Arizona has the most diverse grouping of venomous species found in North America. • Or how about the fact that termite colonies can number into the millions, eating away at your home or business. It is very clear why pest control in Arizona is not only a serious safety issue, but health risk as well! We offer a broad spectrum of pest management services (pest control and extermination) covering the removal of termites, ants, spiders (brown recluse, black widow, tarantula), bed bugs, scorpions (bark scorpions), rodents, rats, mice, bees, cockroaches, mosquitoes and plenty of other insects, critters and bugs. For more information, please visit arizonapest-control.com or http

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Mesa Pest Control: An Arizona Health And Safety Epidemic? – Video

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20-03-2012 08:42 This video is brought to you by pestcontrolus.com a pest control company covering the greater Mesa, Arizona area. How important is pest control to anyone living in Arizona? • From ants to bed bugs, killer bees, roaches, rodents, spiders, termites and scorpions...we have it all. • In fact, there are more species of ants in Arizona than any other state. • Did you know that there are over 35 related transferable diseases from rodents? • With spiders and scorpions, Arizona has the most diverse grouping of venomous species found in North America. • Or how about the fact that termite colonies can number into the millions. We offer a broad spectrum of pest management services (pest control and extermination) covering the removal of termites, ants, spiders (brown recluse, black widow, tarantula), bed bugs, scorpions (bark scorpions), rodents, rats, mice, bees, cockroaches, mosquitoes and plenty of other insects, critters and bugs. For more information, please visit pest-controlmesa.com or http

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