The Bed Bug Registry is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada. Founded in 2006, the site has collected about 20,000 reports covering 12,000 locations. The Bed Bug Registry exists to give travelers and renters a reliable and neutral platform for reporting their encounters with bed bugs. Though most Americans have still never come across one, these retro pests are spreading extremely quickly across American and Canadian cities.
Bed bugs are easy to transport in luggage and very hard to get rid of. For this reason they have become an especial nuisance for hotels, dorms, hospitals, movie theaters, libraries, and other public spaces. You can't tell whether a building or hotel room has them based on cleanliness - the bugs can thrive anywhere there are cracks and crevices to hide in.
Until a reliable, safe pesticide becomes available, avoiding bed bug encounters will be the only reliable way to ensure they don't spread into your own home.
Bed bugs are easy to transport in luggage and very hard to get rid of. For this reason they have become an especial nuisance for hotels, dorms, hospitals, movie theaters, libraries, and other public spaces. You can't tell whether a building or hotel room has them based on cleanliness - the bugs can thrive anywhere there are cracks and crevices to hide in.
Until a reliable, safe pesticide becomes available, avoiding bed bug encounters will be the only reliable way to ensure they don't spread into your own home.
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Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that subsist on human blood.
Bed bugs typically feed late at night and hide in tiny cracks and crevices during the daytime.
Their bites form small red welts similar to mosquito bites, sometimes in a distinctive linear pattern.
Bed bugs can show up anywhere there are people, including hotels, theaters, trains and buses, coatrooms, libraries, and many other public places.
And they can easily hitch a ride home on clothing or bags.
The insects are fairly small, extremely flat, adept at hiding, and can make a home anywhere there are small cracks and crevices.
Bed bugs typically feed late at night and hide in tiny cracks and crevices during the daytime.
Their bites form small red welts similar to mosquito bites, sometimes in a distinctive linear pattern.
Bed bugs can show up anywhere there are people, including hotels, theaters, trains and buses, coatrooms, libraries, and many other public places.
And they can easily hitch a ride home on clothing or bags.
The insects are fairly small, extremely flat, adept at hiding, and can make a home anywhere there are small cracks and crevices.
If you suspect you've come into contact with bedbugs while traveling, the important thing is not to let them hitch a ride with you on your clothes or luggage to the next place you stay.
The University of Minnesota has a short guide to show you what bedbugs look like, and how to inspect and sanitize your belongings.
In brief summary, you'll want to have plastic bags (preferably the thick contractor kind) and access to a clothes dryer.
If you've discovered an infestation in your home, or you've found out that a neighbor has bedbugs, the most important thing is to get informed.
The University of Minnesota has a short guide to show you what bedbugs look like, and how to inspect and sanitize your belongings.
In brief summary, you'll want to have plastic bags (preferably the thick contractor kind) and access to a clothes dryer.
If you've discovered an infestation in your home, or you've found out that a neighbor has bedbugs, the most important thing is to get informed.
The important thing is not to panic, and to make sure you don't accidentally help them spread further.
Our resources page has instructions on what to do if you encounter bedbugs while traveling, or come across them in your home.
Sometimes a hotel is not included in our database, or is not listed correctly.
If you can't find the listing, email the report (including the name and address of the hotel) to [email protected].
Your post may be removed if it doesn't comply with our posting guidelines.
In some cases, we also take down posts that are over two years old for properties that have not had a subsequent bedbug report.
Our resources page has instructions on what to do if you encounter bedbugs while traveling, or come across them in your home.
Sometimes a hotel is not included in our database, or is not listed correctly.
If you can't find the listing, email the report (including the name and address of the hotel) to [email protected].
Your post may be removed if it doesn't comply with our posting guidelines.
In some cases, we also take down posts that are over two years old for properties that have not had a subsequent bedbug report.
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