A new report ranks which U.S.cities and states appear to carry the highest risk for travelers encountering bedbugs.Bedbugs are small insects that feed on blood.
They’re about the size of an apple seed, Zachary DeVries, associate professor of urban entomology at the University of Kentucky, told Fox News Digital."Bedbugs live in close proximity to humans or animals and like to be where we sleep or rest – beds, couches, nearby furniture, etc.," he said.POPULAR ACTOR EXPOSES MASSIVE INSECT SCARE AT CHEAP MOTEL DURING MEMORABLE GIGA report published by casino.ca ranked Michigan as the state with the highest bedbug risk, with estimated odds of 1 in 57 of encountering the pests there.Warren, Michigan, is America’s top bedbug hot-spot city, the publication said.Ohio was the second-most likely state for people to encounter bedbugs, while Maryland came in as the third riskiest.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were four and five on the list, respectively.Travelers are being cautioned that parts of Michigan and Nevada are crawling with bedbugs.(iStock)After Warren, North Las Vegas, NV and Madison, WI were the top bedbug hot-spot cities, according to the report.Hawaii was the state where travelers are least likely to encounter bedbugs, followed by Oregon.Casino.ca said it combined the latest bedbug rankings from Orkin and Terminix with TripAdvisor hotel reviews from the three largest cities in every state.
It also analyzed low-rated reviews mentioning bedbugs, treatment data and social-media posts to estimate encounter risk.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZWhile such reports "make for fun reads," DeVries cautioned against putting too much stock in them. "The main problem I have with these [rankings] is they make it seem like urban areas have all the bedbug problems, but from some recent work we’ve done and anecdotal reports, we know bedbugs can show up anywhere – urban, suburban or rural," he said.Warren, Michigan ranked as America’s top bedbug hot spo...