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Homeowners’ Biggest Pests of 2018

The biggest pest of 2018? Bedbugs. The second annual Terminix Entomologists’ Almanac took a look at the biggest pest trends from the past year based on social media chatter and internet queries. Bedbugs clinched the title for the second year in a row. Americans searched for information about bedbugs more than 6.7 million times this year—more so than any other pest. Terminix, a national pest control company, says it has seen a steady increase in bedbug infestations since the 1990s. Terminix revealed the following as 2018’s biggest pests of the year: 1. Bedbug 2. Opossum 3. Scorpion 4. Spider 5. Hornet 6. Mosquito 7. Silverfish 8. Squirrel 9. Centipede 10. Cockroach Terminix also released findings of the pest-laden places in 2018, based on search data per capita. The states with the most pest problems and searches in 2018 are: 1. District of Columbia 2. North Carolina 3. Massachusetts 4. Ohio 5. Washington 6. New Hampshire 7. Rhode Island 8. Oregon 9. New York 10. Indiana
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