Even if you dont sleep in your car, you might have to worry about bedbugs coming along for the ride this summer.

The little critters may not be in the headlines like they were a couple of years ago, but The Detroit News says a new study finds that calls to pest management firms to deal with infestations are on the rise, and not just at home.

The Bugs Without Borders survey, conducted by the University of Kentucky in conjunction with the National Pest Management Association, discovered big increases in bed bug reports from hotels, restaurants and public transportation, among other places.

The problem for motorists is that its really easy for the persistent pests to get on your clothes, or lay eggs in your luggage and find a new home in your car.

Entomologist Gene White tells the newspaper that the bugs can live in your car year round, and neither hot nor cold ambient temperatures can kill them. The chemical and very high-temperature extermination methods used in homes dont work well, either, because the fumes can be dangerous in an enclosed space and many of the materials found in vehicles can be destroyed by the heat.

Fumigation is really the only way to get them out, according to White, but that can cost up to $1,200 per treatment.

The best way to protect your car is to keep an eye out for the little buggers before you get in it.

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Bed bugs already cost Alton Housing Authority thousands. And as its battle against the pests is still ongoing, a report from kmov.com suggested that the said office might need to spend thousands more for the bed bug treatment. Meanwhile, to be of help, My Cleaning Products gave tips how to save an apartment from the costly bed bug exterminator service.

The report, which was posted on May 16, 2013, stated that AHA has so far spent $35,000 for bed bug elimination, My Cleaning Products shared. That elimination, it explained, involves hiring of exterminators to perform heat treatment on the apartments infested by the pests.

However, based on the report, the said housing authority oversees 246 units with Alton Acres, Oakwood Estates and Alton Manor complexes all under its management, MCP stated. And if in case all them were infested, it related that AHA's spending could reach $250,000 to complete the bed bug treatment.

Below is a part of the post Bed Bugs Could Cost AHA $250K by My Cleaning Products.

As we shared last week, bed bugs were troubling AHA as apartment complexes under its management were being infested by the pests. To clear them, it was said that the authority already spent $35,000 for bed bug exterminators.

"Alton Acres, Oakwood Estates and Alton Manor are all under AHA. They sum up to 246 apartment units under the authority's management. In case they are all infested by the pesky insects and needs to be treated, it would cost the city nearly $250,000.

According to My Cleaning Products, one thing that makes bed bugs an expensive problem is the professional treatment to eliminate them. However, with some steps and bed bug pictures, it said that its elimination cost could be decreased. And in its latest post, it enumerated those steps.

Particularly, the company gave three tips how to decrease the bed bug treatment expense. As it listed them, they are the bed bug prevention, early bed bug elimination and use of pesticide-exempt bed bug spray.

However, for its third tip, it specified Bed Bug Bully as the right bed bug spray to get. It explained that because it is pesticide-exempt as EPA has classified it under FIFRA 25(b), it doesn't contain the chemicals to which bed bugs have developed immunity from, hence it is effective. Moreover, it's organic ingredients makes it safe for health and the environment, it added.

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It was supposed to be like most other Friday nights: Grab a coffee and have a nice chat with a friend.

For two South Bay women, however, the trip to a Campbell Starbucks left them with unwanted visitors. They asked to have their identities protected because they work for a public agency. When we got up to leave, my friend saw a bed bug crawling across her purse. It had been sitting on the table, explained the first woman. We let one of the employees know, who said, Well you can just tell a manager, but he didnt seem too concerned. To see one in my local coffee shop where I go three to four times a week to spend several hours enjoying time with my friends, it was a surprise to just see it there, added a second woman. She said the employee they alerted also concerned her: He was very nonchalant. The first woman said when she got home, she ended up with two bed bugs and woke up with six bites on her neck. Knowing what they were, she put them in bags and froze them, preparing to take them to the Santa Clara County Vector Control. She said after making a call to Starbucks public relations and a site manager, she was left feeling even less assured, especially after what she says was the managers surprising response. He seemed concerned but said well, hes known for two months and that just horrified me, she recalled. I thought for two months people have been coming in there and sitting in those seats or anywhere in that location, and could be taking them home with them. Dennis Kalson, the acting director of the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health Department, confirmed that the bed bugs the first woman took to Vector Control from Starbucks turned out to be bed bugs. They hitchhiked on customers, regular customers, who used the soft chair, said Kalson. They must have reproduced because it looked like they had an infestation.

The number of bed bug reports in Santa Clara County has increased in recent years, according to the countys Vector Control, before hitting a plateau in 2012. So far in 2013, there are 38 reports of bed bugs thats up 13 from the same time last year.

Russ Parman, the acting manager of Vector Control, said reports of other vectors from mosquitoes to rodents have been declining while bed bug numbers are climbing. He also said now there are reports coming from places other than multi-tenant housing like dorms, apartments and hotels. Were seeing [them] increasingly in private residences, said Parman. The first thing a bed bugs going to do if its not terribly, terribly hungry, its going to go scurrying off and find a hiding place. If its a female when she gets her next batch of egg, shes going to lay those eggs and the little ones are going to come scurrying out. A Starbucks spokesman responded with a statement to NBC Bay Area. He said the company called pest control after the first report of bed bugs, but found no health nor safety risks. He said the company called the same pest control company after the two women reported the problem to county officials. According to a copy of the second pest control report given to NBC Bay Area by Santa Clara County, the pest company found a total of 10 bed bugs. Starbucks then removed the soft sofa-type seating and Kalson said the county cleared the Starbucks location of bed bugs. The Starbucks statement concluded with, We are confident that all concerns related to this location have been resolved. The warning from Kalson and Parman is that bed bugs can reproduce quickly, so property owners must act quickly if theres a bed bug sighting. In the meantime, the women who alerted NBC Bay Area and Santa Clara County officials of the bed bugs said they are still feeling a big squeamish. Im concerned about going to watch a movie, going to a coffee shop, said one of the women. I probably will not sit in a coffee shop for the forseeable future!

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The San Francisco pest control team at MatrixPE empathizes with the plight of Bay Area hotel owners. Even if you have systems to keep your facility spotless and comfortable; horrible, yucky pests, bugs, mice and other creatures can turn your well-kept paradise into a nightmare zone and earn your hotel decidedly non-sympathetic reviews on Yelp and other social rating websites. Read entire article here: Bed Bugs Infesting Your San Francisco Bay Area Hotel?

A previous report stated that Nelson Castro once passed a bed bug bill. My Cleaning Products commented that bills such as his are now truly needed and offered samples of its non-pesticide bed bug spray called Bed Bug Bully to also help the public.

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As said in the post, Castro's bed bug bill required bedding material transported or sold in the state be sanitized to prevent the pests, My Cleaning Products stated. However, the former Bronx Democratic Assemblyman's bill failed to get the nod of the Senate, it added.

Given the current widespread of bed bugs, the company asserted that proposed laws as that of Castro's are needed by the public. And wanting to also help them, it posted a new bed bug guide on its website. The guide basically listed down things a person needs to kill bed bugs and prevent their comeback.

Here is a part of My Cleaning Products' new bed bug guide.

Bed bugs are now everywhere. There are reports about them infesting houses, apartments, hotels, nursing homes, commercial establishments and even buses and trains.

"Sure, as you might already know, they don't transfer illnesses. However, the bed bug bites and the mere thought that bed bugs might crawl on you and bite you while you sleep could still affect your physical wellness. Not to mention, they could balloon your expenses.

According to My Cleaning Products, bed bugs are now everywhere. And given all the problems they could bring, it stated that the vampire-like insects must be eliminated.

However, MCP cleared that to fight off the pests, the public must know not just how to kill bed bugs. They must learn how to detect their presence and how to prevent their comeback as well, it said. So, in its new bed bug guide, MCP identified everything a person needs in detecting, killing and preventing the blood-fed crawlies.

Additionally, in the same guide, the company suggested the use of a non-toxic bed bug spray to kill and prevent the pests effectively, safely and inexpensively. But among the many bed bug sprays, it only recommended Bed Bug Bully. It shared that it has already been proven to kill bed bugs and their eggs and nymphs. It also detailed that FIFRA 25(b) has approved it as pesticide-exempt.

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