Question: I have a suspicion that I brought home bed bugs from a hotel I was in for work a week ago. I woke up the last morning in the hotel with several bites on me. I figured they were spider bites. But then after being home over the last few days, my husband has been getting a few bites in the night as well and I feel like I've gotten new bites since I was in the hotel last week. I do not see any visual evidence of bed bugs. I haven't seen any "live" bugs crawling. I've looked everywhere. Do I need to have someone come and fumigate?

ANSWER: You can try control yourself....or call the local Branch office for a treatment schedule. Once the frame is clean, do the same for the box spring: clean the cracks and crevices, then clean and maybe vacuum the seams of the mattress. With what is left in the aerosol you can spray the baseboards of the room. Start with the area near the bed, and try to get the spray under or behind the baseboard (where bedbugs may also be hiding). These insects can travel far to find a blood meal, so don't fail to clean and treat the room. They can live long without food, so even old beds (not used in while) can have them.

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