How did I get bed bugs in my house?

Lots of people who find that they have bedbugs wonder where the heck they got them from. There are a couple of common ways you can get an infestation:

1) Living in an apartment. Bed bugs often live or crawl in the spaces in between walls as well, and if your neighbors have them, you could as well. That also can make it harder for you to permanently get rid of them, since you've got a potential source until your neighbors take care of their own infestation.

2) Travel. Many hotels have infestations. With international travel, this is even more likely. Bed bugs will often crawl into your luggage and get carried back into your home, and all it takes is one to get an infestation started there, too.

3) Clothing. Sometimes they get into your house by crawling onto your clothes - but this is actually pretty rare.

4) Used furniture or clothing. This is more common - if you buy used clothes or used furniture, sometimes there can be bed bugs in them (they don't just live in beds, but anywhere near where people sleep). If you bought something used and bring it into your house, that could be where you picked up your own set of bugs.

Sources and Useful Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/tims/TG44/TG44.htm

 

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