NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The summer vacation season is officially here, bringing with it all the good and bad that comes with traveling on airplanes, sleeping on hotel beds and potentially bringing home a most unpleasant guest – the bedbug.
According to research done by Yelp for its Summer Infestation Index, nationwide searches for bedbug extermination have risen 53% between May 2024 and April 2025.
Data from extermination company Terminix suggests cases may have been ticking higher for several years now.
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“We have seen a consistent increase in bedbug control service performed since the ‘new normal’ post-COVID-19 pandemic,” Terminix Technical Service Manager said in a recent report…