{"id":195,"date":"2011-03-24T21:01:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T01:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/militerriers.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2011-03-24T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T01:03:07","slug":"efficient-little-hitchhikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Efficient Little Hitchhikers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beware when using public transportation or when traveling abroad. You may have an additional passenger with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_199\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/bus-shelter-for-humans-only-city-warns.html\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-199  \" title=\"New York City bus stop with a public safety message\" src=\"http:\/\/militerriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8732_humans_only-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Militerriers bed bug inspection \" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8732_humans_only-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/militerriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8732_humans_only-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/militerriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8732_humans_only.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bed Bugs hitchiking. <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It often seems that bed bugs arise from nowhere. The bugs  are efficient hitchhikers and are usually transported in on luggage,  clothing, beds, furniture, and other items. This is a particular problem  for hotels, motels and apartments, where turnover of occupants is  constant. Bed bugs are small, cryptic and agile, escaping detection  after crawling into suitcases, boxes and belongings. The eggs are  especially tiny and are usually overlooked. Acquiring secondhand beds,  couches and furniture is another way that the bugs are transported into  previously non-infested dwellings. Bed bugs also can be carried in on a  person\u2019s clothing or shoes, resulting in an infestation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Once bed bugs are introduced, they often spread  throughout a building. The bugs can travel from room to room or floor to  floor either by crawling or via a person. Unlike cockroaches that feed  on filth, the level of cleanliness has little to do with most bed bug  infestations. Pristine homes, hotels and apartments have plenty of  hiding places and an abundance of warm-blooded hosts. Thus, they are  almost as vulnerable to infestation as are places of squalor&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca.uky.edu\/entomology\/entfacts\/ef636.asp\">Bed Bugs | University of Kentucky Entomology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware when using public transportation or when traveling abroad. You may have an additional passenger with you. &#8220;It often seems that bed bugs arise from nowhere. The bugs are efficient hitchhikers and are usually transported in on luggage, clothing, beds, furniture, and other items. This is a particular problem for hotels, motels and apartments, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militerriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}