How to Spot Bedbugs in Hostels, Hotels and at Home
By Kathleen Crislip, About.com
Bed bugs do leave tiny reddish or
black streaks on sheets. If you see those upon checking into a hostel or
hotel room, consider grabbing your stuff before crawling hitchhikers hop on
it, and cruising straight back to the desk to ask for a new room. If need
be, just go to a different hostel or hotel -- cheaper than getting rid of
the pesky travelers if they hitch a ride with you, and far better than being
bitten all night.
These bugs are great world travelers. Bed bugs like living in your sleeping
bag, backpack and clothes until they can get to your house and move into the
recliner, where they can start raising a big family in a nice neighborhood.
A female can lay up to 500 eggs over its life.
Upon your return home from a trip, don't open travel bags on home furniture,
like beds, and store them away from furniture (like in an outside shed) and
any bugs who've hitchhiked may not get the chance to move in. |