No one wants to find bedbugs in their home. However, the pesky critters can often get there by traveling on your clothes from another public location. To hopefully avoid this issue as much as possible, it can help to understand where you’re most likely to come into contact with bedbugs. Here are some of the public places where they might be found.

Where Might You Come Into Contact With Bedbugs?

1. Hotels

Since bedbugs are most likely to find homes in plush furniture like mattresses, it makes sense that they would be fairly common in a place with a lot of beds—like hotels or motels. This is not to say that most hotels or even a large number of them do have bedbug infestations, but it is a good idea to do a quick inspection once you get into your room just to be safe.

2. Hospitals

Another place where you might end up laying on a small bed or mattress is a hospital or medical facility. These facilities are known for having stringent sanitation procedures, but, on rare occasions, the pests can still make their way into furniture and other surfaces from the clothing of other patients.

3. Offices or Schools

You might not lay down on a mattress while you’re at the office or picking up the kids from school, but these locations often bring you into contact with lots of other people on a daily basis. So if any of your colleagues or others who you interact with throughout the day have bedbugs on their clothes, they could get into chairs or other structures and make their way over to your house.

4. Movie Theaters

Those plush seats at movie theaters can be attractive targets for bedbugs. Again, it’s a fairly rare occurrence to find bedbugs in this location, but do a quick check before sitting and be mindful of the cleanliness of where you’re catching a flick.

5. Public Transportation

Public transit options like buses, trains, and taxis see tons of different people on a daily basis. There aren’t usually lots of attractive resting spots for bedbugs, but the sheer amount of people using these transit methods make them one of the most common places where you might come into contact with the pests.

While bedbugs can certainly be bothersome, it’s not the end of the world if you do come into contact with them. Just make sure to contact Select Pest Control in Cincinnati, OH, at the first sign of an infestation. The experienced bedbug extermination team can rid your home of those pesky critters safely and affordably. They also provide a variety of other pest control services, ranging from animal control to beehive removal. To schedule service or learn more, call (513) 352-0080 or contact the team online.