Month: November 2015

Bedbugs are a wide-spread problem throughout the nation, one that seemingly attacks every major city. In fact, bedbugs thrive in big cities: it’s easier for them to spread from bed to bed if there are more people on which they can hitch a ride. The following cities are some of the worst when it comes to bedbug infestation. Hopefully, you don’t live in one.

New York City

You had to figure the Big Apple would be on this list. And then some: bedbugs have moved beyond the areas most people would consider typical bedbug zones (cheap motels and dirty areas) to places as fancy as the Empire State Building and Victoria’s Secret. This just proves the point that bedbugs will nest wherever they want.

Philadelphia

The birthplace of our nation is also home to one of the most active and disgusting bedbug populations in the country. Millions of them have been spotted in homes across the city: in fact, they’ve even severely negatively impacted the real estate market in the area.

Cincinnati

How strange to see a relatively small metropolis on a list like this! Few people would consider Cincinnati to be a haven for bedbugs, but they have been spotted in areas as strange as the city’s library. In fact, three other cities in Ohio are fairly infested with bedbugs, though only Cincinnati deserves a spot at the top.

If you live in one of these cities and are afraid of bedbugs infesting your home, call a professional pest control expert immediately.

Everyone knows that termites destroy wood, but many people worry that termites may actually bite or sting their friends, family, or pets. Do termites pose any kind of biting risk to people or are you relatively safe?

Generally speaking, termites don’t bite humans. Worker and queen termites have very weak jaws that pose no danger to people. However, soldier termites do have relatively strong jaws and do have the capacity to bite people.

Thankfully, termites rarely ever feel threatened enough to bite humans: generally, they hide away whenever they see people and prefer to spend their time in your walls, destroying your wood.

However, if you do get bit by a termite don’t expect much damage: their relatively weak jaws should produce no more than a slight red mark on your skin. In fact, only the largest and most determined termites should be able to puncture the skin.

And even if they were, they wouldn’t be able to actually give you any serious blood-based disease: termites are not considered dangerous carriers of these potentially lethal diseases. That’s probably the one good thing about termite infestations.

Unfortunately, termites can spread other diseases: they have been known to spread diseases as diverse as eczema and flu to people simply by swarming throughout their home. Thankfully, those diseases aren’t likely to be spread to you via a bite.

Just because termites don’t pose a biting risk, that doesn’t mean you should tolerate them in your home. Call a professional pest control expert and get rid of these troublesome pests for good.