Mishmash Musings

So I was reading today that there’s been a “boom” in the number of bedbug infestations reported around the country. According to the article, there has been a 70 percent increase in calls to pest control services about bedbugs over the past five years.

The problem is especially prevalent in places where there are lots of mattresses, such as hotels, dormitories, and apartment complexes. And experts believe that the problem is so widespread because bedbugs “travel” so easily. They latch onto clothes, suitcases, and other items, and can live up to a year without food.

Um, ewww!

What I don’t get is how you wouldn’t know that a hotel has a bedbug problem. The article I linked to describes bedbugs as being the size of a “grain of rice”. Well, you can see a grain of rice, can’t you? So you should be able to see if there are tiny red bugs crawling around on the white hotel sheets.

Oh, well, another reason for me not to travel anytime soon, I guess!

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