sleep tight...

as usual, New York City is ahead of the rest of the country - getting things started that will surely spread across the nation...

Bedbugs Hit the Big Apple and Beyond

By SARA KUGLER
The Associated Press
Sunday, January 22, 2006; 4:20 PM

NEW YORK -- Legions of tiny bloodsucking bugs are biting their way through the Big Apple, making this the city that never sleeps ... tight.

Bedbugs are back, and they're not just rearing their rust-colored heads in New York City. Experts say they're spreading to other states and countries. Exterminators who handled one or two bedbug calls a year are now getting that many in a week, according to the National Pest Management Association.

"There's an epidemic going on throughout the country, and New York seems to be the hotbed," said Jeffrey Eisenberg, a pest control expert.

In this undated photo released July 24, 2001, by the University of Florida, a common bedbug is engorged with blood after feeding on a human arm. Bedbugs are back in 2006, and they're not just rearing their rust-colored heads in New York City. Authorities say it's a global crisis: Exterminators who handled one or two bedbug calls a year are now getting that many in a week, according to the National Pest Management Association. (AP Photo/University of Florida, File)

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