World, Bed Bug Registry Map – Infestation Reports

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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Bed Bugs: Your Residential Reference Guide - Fairfax County, Virginia

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Bed Bug Outreach and Education Program

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Office of Pesticide Services (OPS), thru a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, has undertaken an outreach and education project to provide information regarding Bed Bugs. As part of the project, a series of Fact Sheets were developed and workshops were conducted throughout the State. Fact Sheets, available in both English and Spanish, along with the workshop presentations provide the most current information regarding Bed Bugs including inspection and identification, current treatment methods and suggested best management practices and are available below.

Fact Sheets

Presentations

Bed Bugs - How to Protect Yourself and Your Home (Book)

How to Protect Yourself Booklet - to print booklet, print on both sides of the page (flip on long edge)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Pesticide Database to Aid Consumers in Controlling Bed Bugs (News Release) Search the bed bug pesticides database Tips on preventing bed bug infestations

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VDACS - Pesticides - Bed Bug Outreach and Education Program