Essentially eradicated in the 40s and 50s, they are back, and with a vengeance. Most folks are walking around in code white. The day is coming when all will again have these little vampires.
Exposure is much more frequent than hotels. Now you can get them from someone else's backpack next to you or yours, movie theaters, auditoriums, workplace, clothing stores, etc.
Once you get them, the price and effort to rid yourself of them is very high. To get rid of them, you will have to strip yourself of pretty much all belongings. It all needs to go. If you store it, it cannot come back in until you have been determined to be clean completely, AND you have treated each item, or you will have to do it again. They create what is known as harborages, or places where they hide between feedings. This is anything from the thickness of a credit card or more. Your music collection makes an excellent collection of places to aggregate. Where you sleep is where they will hide. They are lazy but relentless. A few short months and you will be screwed, regarding getting rid of them any time soon.
These are no respecters of persons. They go for rich, poor, clean, and messy. All you need is one inseminated female, or a few eggs and you are done. All they want is your blood. Infestations have risen 1000 fold in a few short years. They are developing resistance to control chemicals as fast as they are developed. The tendency to tell no one is a plague facilitator. Anything from the home of someone else could be your ground zero.
We have just comedown with these and it is very much like dying, slowly and surely. I am becoming a specialist, so, if you want info, let me know. I will share with you what I have learned. I am a paralegal and self-taught engineer (multiple disciplines), so learning is my specialty.
One bug, and a comfortable life is over, at least for now. Heads up people.
Rich P
Exposure is much more frequent than hotels. Now you can get them from someone else's backpack next to you or yours, movie theaters, auditoriums, workplace, clothing stores, etc.
Once you get them, the price and effort to rid yourself of them is very high. To get rid of them, you will have to strip yourself of pretty much all belongings. It all needs to go. If you store it, it cannot come back in until you have been determined to be clean completely, AND you have treated each item, or you will have to do it again. They create what is known as harborages, or places where they hide between feedings. This is anything from the thickness of a credit card or more. Your music collection makes an excellent collection of places to aggregate. Where you sleep is where they will hide. They are lazy but relentless. A few short months and you will be screwed, regarding getting rid of them any time soon.
These are no respecters of persons. They go for rich, poor, clean, and messy. All you need is one inseminated female, or a few eggs and you are done. All they want is your blood. Infestations have risen 1000 fold in a few short years. They are developing resistance to control chemicals as fast as they are developed. The tendency to tell no one is a plague facilitator. Anything from the home of someone else could be your ground zero.
We have just comedown with these and it is very much like dying, slowly and surely. I am becoming a specialist, so, if you want info, let me know. I will share with you what I have learned. I am a paralegal and self-taught engineer (multiple disciplines), so learning is my specialty.
One bug, and a comfortable life is over, at least for now. Heads up people.
Rich P
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I hope a complete resolution comes asap for you and your family.
