Field Notes
Bed bugs are the great equalizer — five-star hotels and spotless apartments get them just as readily as any other space, because they travel as stowaways in luggage, on clothing, and in secondhand furniture rather than being attracted by filth. These tiny, flat, bloodthirsty insects have evolved over thousands of years to do exactly one thing exceptionally well: hide near sleeping humans, feed undetected in the middle of the night, and breed quietly until the infestation is impossible to ignore. What makes them particularly maddening is their resilience — insecticide resistance is widespread, they can survive extreme temperatures, and they can go months without a meal while waiting for conditions to improve. This is one pest that absolutely requires professional intervention.