The bed bugs are back

Bed bugs are known mostly for their role in a nursery rhyme. But, there could be bed bugs lurking around your house or in your car. Bed bugs are not found in just hot-sheet motels anymore. They have been found recently in hospital maternity wards, private schools, and even a plastic surgeon's waiting room. Infestations have been reported periodically across the United States over the past few years. These reports have especially been in New York City. The owner of Pest Away Exterminating, Jeffrey Eisenberg, said, 'It's becoming an epidemic'.

This bed bug epidemic resembles a time period in the 1960s. This was when stink bugs (Hemipteras) invaded the United States from Mexico. The bugs were particularly destructive in the southern part of the United States. The more than 67,500 known species of stink bugs attacked grasses and plants such as: cabbage, broccoli, turnip, horseradish, potato, beet, bean, grape, squash, sunflower, ragweed, and citrus foliage.