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Reports of bed bugs in Philadelphia, and the rest of United States are increasing. We are currently monitoring the internet for reports of bed bugs in Philadelphia hotels to help you identify which Philadelphia hotels have bedbugs. Each Philadelphia hotel has at least one mention of bedbugs in the last 12 months. Please take into account that individual reports of bedbugs in Philadelphia hotels have not been confirmed by an independent third party. Below is the bed bugs hotel list for the city of Philadelphia.

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Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue

My boyfriend and I stayed at the Hilton City Avenue for the TriRock event that weekend. We woke up Sunday morning and found bumps all over our body. Thinking it was possibly just from being outside the day before, we checked out of the hotel and went home. Upon arrival at home, we discovered more and more bites and called an exterminator who visually confirmed we had brought home bed bugs (they were taking up nest in my headboard). I'm having an exterminator take care of the problem this week... read full report

Aloft Philadelphia Airport

Holiday Inn Hotel Historic District Philadelphia

I quick caught the criter and low and behold it was a bedbug!

BEDBUG ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Renaissance Philadelphia Airport

Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia City Center

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Newswise PHILADELPHIAA new study from Penn Medicine epidemiologists that looked at four years of bed bug reports to the city of Philadelphia found that infestations have been increasing and were at their highest in August and lowest in February. The findings, published ahead of print on January 8 in the Journal of Medical Entomology, point to two possible peak times to strike and eliminate the bugs.

There is surprisingly very little known about seasonal trends among bed bug populations, said Michael Z. Levy, PhD, assistant professor in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), who mapped the bed bug hotspots in Philadelphia in an effort to find more effective ways to control them. We found a steep and significant seasonal cycle in bed bug reporting, and suspect that bed bugs have different levels of mobility depending on the season, and that their population size may fluctuate throughout the year.

Warm weather could be a driver for migration to other homes and breeding, he said. We may be able to exploit this cycle: These seasonal trends could guide control programs to help reduce a citys growing bug population, he added.

To track the spatial and temporal patterns of the bugs, Levy and colleagues, including first author Tarub S. Mabud, analyzed calls to the Philadelphia Department of Public Healths Vector Control Services between 2008 and 2012. They then mapped the phone calls to get a clearer picture of the problemwhen and where it was happening.

Reports came from all across the city, though south Philadelphia was the most affected by the bugs.

Overall, bed bug reports in the city steadily increased by 4.5 percent per month from 2008 to 2011, an almost 70 percent increase year to year. Nearly half of all pest infestations reported to the city over that time period were for bed bugs, a total of 382. From September 2011 to June 2012, Philadelphia residents made 236 reports of bed bug infestations, according to the study.

Infestations peaked in August and reached a low in February, the team found.

They most likely move more frequently during warmer months, with increased development and reproduction happening as well, the team surmises.

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Penn Medicine Epidemiologists Find Bed Bug Hotspots in Philadelphia, Identify Seasonal Trends