Myths About Bedbugs

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Bedbugs all but vanished during the 1940s and '50s thanks to improvements in hygiene and the use of pesticides. In the past 10 years, however, the pests have staged a comeback worldwide. 

Spreading rapidly with the bedbugs is a mass of misinformation about their biology and behavior...

Myth 1: Bedbugs can fly

Myth 2: Bedbugs reproduce quickly

Myth 3: Bedbugs can typically live a year without a meal

Myth 4: Bedbugs bite only at night

Myth 5: Bedbugs live exclusively in mattresses

Myth 6: Bedbugs prefer unsanitary, urban conditions

Myth 7: Bedbugs travel on our bodies

Myth 8: Bedbugs transmit disease

Myth 9: We should bring back DDT

Myth 10: You can spray bedbugs away 

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