Bed bugs are pests that we have all become familiar with in the last several decades. They have made themselves well-known by regularly invading the places where people spend the majority of their time. Bed bugs are closely associated with humans because our blood is their favored food source. Their desire to be close to us isn't the only reason bed bugs are so difficult to prevent; it is also how they enter our homes. Bed bugs are avid hitchhikers, so no matter how securely we seal the exterior of our homes, bed bugs easily get inside, usually right through the front door!

We regularly come into contact with these small, apple-seed-shaped insects in places where there are large groups of people regularly coming and going. Airports, hotels, laundry mats, schools, hospitals, and movie theaters are frequent hot spots for bed bugs. Bed bugs can't fly or jump, but they will crawl onto you or inside your belongings and wait for you to take them wherever you go, including your home. Once inside your house, bed bugs will find dark seams, cracks, or crevices to hide in during the day and emerge at night to feed on the blood of you and your family.