Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes but for this city, it could also be the Land of 10,000 bed bug bites!
The numbers are in and one city here in the North Star State has been included on the list of the cities with the most bed bugs. Really. And bed bugs ARE a real thing. I used to think they were just part of that ‘Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!’ saying my mom used to tell me as a kid when I was going to bed.
But, yeah, bed bugs are real. They were once virtually eradicated in the developed world years ago, but the Center for Invasive Species Research at the University of California Davis says bed bugs (technically known as ‘cimex lectularius,’ ‘cimex hemipterus,’ and ‘leptocimex boueti,’ if you’re being all scientific about it) started to reappear again in the 90s. These days, they’re back, with infestations reported all over Europe and the U.S. including here in Minnesota…